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Boat Services from Astypalea
DESTINATION
TIME
FARE
FREQUENCY
Kalymnos
2½hr
€13
4 weekly
Kalymnos*
2¾hr
€11
3 weekly
Kos
3½hr
€18
1 weekly
Naxos
3½hr
€27
4 weekly
Paros
5hr
€34
4 weekly
Piraeus
10hr
€35
5 weekly
Rhodes
9hr
€32
1 weekly
* leaves from Skala
Getting Around
The airport is 8km northeast of Skala. Flights from Athens and Rhodes are usually met
by the local bus, though a taxi (€10) is a more reliable option. June through September a
bus leaves Hora for the airport before flights. In summer, buses run half-hourly from
Skala to Hora and Livadi (€2), and hourly from Hora and Skala to Analipsi (Maltezana,
€2) via Marmari Beach. Services are scaled back the rest of the year. There are only three
taxis on the island and as many car- and scooter-hire agencies.
Vergoulis
( 22430
61351; scooters per day €15, cars €40-60)
in Skala is a reputable agency with feisty scooters.
From July to August, you can hop on
Thalassopouli
( 6974436338)
for boat excur-
sions to the remote western beaches of Agios Ioannis, Kaminakia and Vatses, or to the is-
lets of Koutsomytis (with ethereal, emerald-green water) or Kounoupa. When the weath-
er is good, longer round-island excursions are offered. Tickets (€25 to €30) can be
bought on the boat.
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Skala & HoraΣκάλα &Χώρα
We might delight in Hora's waterfall of white houses crowned by its impressive
kastro,
but for the original inhabitants of Scala down the hill, the upward migration came about
