Planning a Patmos itinerary means deciding how days to spend and how to balance the island’s spiritual sights, beautiful beaches, boat trips and quiet villages. Two days cover the essentials, three to four give a relaxed, rounded visit. A week lets you swim widely. Hike, and hop to neighbouring islands, all at the slow pace … Read more
Getting to Patmos takes a little planning, because the island has no airport and can be reached only by sea. Most visitors either take an overnight ferry from Piraeus, the port of Athens. Or fly to a neighbouring island such as Kos or Samos and connect by a short catamaran. Regular ferries also link Patmos … Read more
Chora is the capital of Patmos and one of the most beautiful and best-preserved medieval towns in the Aegean, a maze of dazzling white houses. Grand captains’ mansions and dozens of churches spilling down the hillside beneath the fortress-like Monastery of Saint John. Car-free, atmospheric and UNESCO-listed, it is the cultural and scenic heart of … Read more