Kyra Panagia Beach, Karpathos: The Cove and Its Chapel

Kyra Panagia beach on Karpathos, its sand shaded by tamarisk trees above turquoise water

Kyra Panagia is one of the most photographed beaches on Karpathos, a semicircular cove of golden sand and pale pebble set between white cliffs. With luminous turquoise water and a little red-domed chapel perched above the sand. Fully organised yet still striking, it is the easiest of the island’s famous east-coast coves to reach and … Read more