Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Crete (Sitía & Áyios Nikólaos)
Finíki (Kárpathos)
Makrá
KÁSSOS
Armathiá
FRÝ
Pouthená
Ammouá
Emboriós
Ayía Marína
Panayiá
Áyios Konstandínos
Kathístres
Póli
Ellinokamára
Arvanitohóri
Áyios
Mámas
Seláï
N
Áyiou
Yeoryíou
Hadhión
0
3
kilometres
Hélatros
(2 weekly; 4hr 30min-10hr 30min); Crete (2 weekly; Sítia
2hr 30min, Iráklion 5hr 40min); Hálki (2 weekly; 4hr
30min); Karpathós (4 weekly; 1hr 20min); Mílos (2 weekly;
14hr 20min); Pireás (3 weekly; 14-20hr); Rhodes (4
weekly; 6hr 30min); Santoríni (2 weekly; 6-12hr). In
season, to no fixed schedule, excursion boats also run to Frý
from tiny Finíki on Kárpathos's west coast.
Tourist information
The official island website is
W
kasos.gr.
Travel agent
The main agent for ferry tickets is
Kasos Maritime & Travel Agency (
T
22450 41495,
W
kassos-island.gr).
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GETTING AROUND
By bus
A Mercedes van connects all the island's villages
several times daily in summer, for a flat fare of €0.80.
By car and scooter
Oasis in Frý rents out cars and
scooters between June and September (
T
22450 41746).
Frý
The capital of Kássos,
FRÝ
(pronounced “free”), is halfway along the island's north coast,
with views towards northwest Kárpathos. It's a low-key little place, with most of its appeal
concentrated in the
Boúka
fishing port, protected by two crab-claws of breakwater and
overlooked by Áyios Spyrídhon cathedral. Inland, Frý is engagingly unpretentious, even
down-at-heel in spots; there are few concessions to tourism, though some attempts have
been made to prettify a scruffy little town that's quite desolate out of season.
There's no beach in Frý itself: what's generally regarded as the town beach is the sandy
cove at
Ammouá
, a half-hour walk along the coastal track west, beyond the airstrip. The
first section you reach is often caked with seaweed and tar, but keep going another five
minutes and you'll find cleaner pea-gravel coves.
Determined swimmers also use the little patch of sand at
Emboriós
, fifteen minutes'
walk east from Frý, where there's also a more private pebble stretch off to the right.
Once you've got this far, however, it's worth continuing ten minutes along the shore,
first along an old track, then on a path past the last house, for a final scramble to the
base of the
Pouthená ravine
, which cradles another secluded pebble cove.
In high season, boat excursions head to far better beaches on two islets visible to the
northwest,
Armáthia
and
Makrá
. Armáthia has five white-sand beaches to choose from,
while Makrá has just one large cove. There are no amenities on either islet, so bring all
you need.
