It is many years since I have been to Rhodes – probably 17 years during my last visit to Tilos and surrounding islands. To be honest, 17 years ago I was so eager to get off the island and onto the ferry, I didn’t really give Rhodes a chance. It could have been something to…
It is good to be on the Blue Star Patmos – It is like meeting and old friend again – and one that I’ll be seeing a bit more of during the next leg of my trip! The journey from Karpathos takes just over four hours so I arrive just after 5.30pm. Once we are…
I think that it is fair to say that after my 8 nights on Kasos, arriving in Pigadia was a shock to the system. It did take time to acclimatise but it wasn’t too long before I could appreciate the delights that Karpathos had to offer. In hindsight I would like to have spent half…
One of the most popular things to do on Karpathos apart from sampling the amazing beaches is to visit the mountain village of Olympos – and today was the day! The trip by public bus was 14 euros return for the 40+ kilometre journey to Olympos and also onto Diafani in the afternoon – all…
Although I like a nice beach, the beaches are not usually my first priority in terms of what I’m looking for in a nice Greek island. However, the jewels in Karpathos’s crown are definitely its beaches. So it would have been rude for me not to have sampled one. Or two! Amoopi Bay My first…
Karpathos! It has been a bit of a shock to the system after my 8 nights on Kasos. My arrival didn’t start well as Google Maps sent me on a merry old dance trying to find my hotel. Pigadia is busy and it is steep! Google Maps sent me dragging my suitcase up at least…
There are so many things to love about this island. On first sight of it you will notice that for the most part, it is rocky and barren – not dissimilar to other islands of the southern Dodecanese. The thing that is striking is the miles and miles of abandoned terracing everywhere you look. Surely…
Yesterday I caught the island bus up to the village of Agia Marina and found a pretty good concrete road that snaked its way down to Ammoua beach which I didn’t managed to make the previous day. And talking of snakes I stamp stamp stamped my sandaled feet as I walked down this road –…
It is difficult to fit everything in – even in 8 days on a small island, but Kasos has so much to offer – more than I imagined. Today the plan was to catch the free bus to Agia Marina and then on to Ammoua beach which I have yet to visit. I got so…
I’m halfway through my 8 nights on Kasos and this beautiful low key island has already stolen a piece of my heart. This island is so unspoilt and unusually doesn’t appear to have been ’boutiquified’ for the masses. Getting around the island is relatively easy. From the main port village Fri, it is very easy…
My host for the rest of the week had arranged to meet me at 9.30am. I hadn’t unpacked anything but had managed to pull some clean clothes to wear from the top of my suitcase until I’d got settled in the other house. Unbeknown to me my host had other plans. After thanking and paying…
The ferry journey from Heraklion to Kasos is just over 6 hours with one stop at Sitia further down the East coast of Crete. The ferry ticket on the Prevelis costs 20 euros. I had been in two minds whether to travel to Sitia by bus as an opportunity to visit there but because of…