Patmos

Places to visit

The town of Hora (Chora) itself is a place that you should visit! A walk from one end of the town to the other, is well worth the effort. Hora's medieval town-plan has been preserved unaltered down to the present day!

Among the picturesque typical Greek-Island style houses, one can find dozens of churches, each of which is a small museum. Evangelismos, is a new active convent; it has a significant number of nuns who run important Byzantine icon-painting and vestment-sewing workshops.

On the beach of Agios Theologos in Scala stand the remains of the baptistery of St. John the Divine On the Kastelli hill are the ruins of the fortification works of the island's pre-Christian era Acropolis.

An old and very picturesque monastery is Zoodohos Pigi, in the town of Hora. Also, worth visiting are several other small monasteries (hermitages) inhabited by Monks from the monastery, located in various enchanting spots around the island.

There is so much to see in Patmos! So much History and so many wonders of nature. Superb coves, nice sandy and clean beaches, excellent weather and the crystal clear waters of the Aegean Sea make it a must visit island!

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