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very tasteful and comfortable studios and apartments, all
with balcony or terrac e. T There's no pool, but it opens
directly onto the beach. €90
Studios Happiness Pandélli beach T 22470 23498,
W studios-happiness-leros.gr. Attractive blue-trimmed
house, just short of the sea, that's been divided into a
mixture of good-value rooms, studios and apartments,
with plentiful outdoor space. €45
Ì Windmills/Anemomyli Pandélli T 22470 25549,
W leros-windmills.com. Lovely little B&B complex, poised
above Pandélli on the road up to the castle, and consisting
of two galleried windmill apartments and a long cottage,
all with stone lo ors an d great views from rear terraces.
Closed Nov-April. €100
EATING AND DRINKING
Ì Mezedhopolio O Dimitris O Karaflas Spília
T 22470 25626. One of the best-sited ouzerís on the
island, adjoining the Hotel Rodon up in Spília, between
Pandélli and Vromólithos. Ample portions of delicacies
such as chunky local sausages, onion rings and floyéres, , or
dairy-based dips like galotýri and batíris . Daily lunch &
dinner, all year.
Ì Mylos Ayía Marína T 22470 24894. Excellent
restaurant, with a romantic setting by the wave-lapped
windmill at the western edge of Ayía Marína. The menu has
a strong Italian leaning, featuring risotto and panacotta as
well as specialities like expertly home-made garidhopílafo
(shrimp-rice, for €12), grilled mastéllo cheese, seasonal
fresh fish, and kolokythokeftédhes (courgette patties).
Reserve in summer. March-Sept only, daily lunch &
dinner.
Zorba's Pandélli beach T 22470 22027. Pandélli's best
seafront restaurant, with tables on the beach itself, as well
as on a long terrace. The food is consistently good, with
grills for €8 and steak or fish for €12-15 - choose your own
fish in the kitchen - but service can be slow at peak times.
Reserve ahead in summer. Daily lunch & dinner.
NIGHTLIFE
Café del Mar Vromólithos T 22470 24766. Stylish,
laidback bar, nestling along a shelf in the hillside just above
the north end of Vromólithos beach. Very relaxing in the
daytime, it hots up at night. Daily noon-late.
Enallaktiko Ayía Marína T 22470 25746. As well as
offering a handful of tables right on the quayside, this
friendly local café also offers internet access. Daily
10am-midnight.
Savana Pandélli beach W savanabar-leros.com. Long-
standing and very civilized English-Danish bar at the far
end of the port, which despite its shaded seafront terrace
retains a laidback rural feel. The perfect spot for a late-
night musical nightcap (request your favourites); things
get going from 10pm nightly. Daily noon-late.
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Álinda and around
ÁLINDA , 3km northwest around the bay from Ayía Marína, is the longest-established
resort on Léros, with development fringing a long, narrow strip of pea-gravel beach. It's
also the first area to open in spring, and the last to shut in autumn.
Historical and Ethnographic Museum
Álinda • May-Sept Tues-Sun 9am-1pm & 6-8pm • €3
Housed in a castle-like seafront mansion, the island's Historical and Ethnographic
Museum concentrates on the Battle of Léros. Displays include relics from the sunken
Queen Olga , a wheel from a Junkers bomber, and a stove made from a bomb casing.
There's also a grisly mocked-up clinic (mostly gynaecological tools), assorted rural
implements, costumes and antiques.
Beaches near Álinda
Beaches near Álinda include Krithóni , 1.5km south, where the pretty cove gets very
crowded in summer. Several more gravelly inlets lie alongside the road that curves
around the bay further north, collectively known as Dhýo Liskária . From the dead end of
the road, a 25-minute scramble north on a faint path brings you to pebbly Kryfós cove.
ACCOMMODATION AND EATING
ÁLINDA AND AROUND
Ì Archontiko Angelou Álinda T 22470 22749,
W hotel-angelou-leros.com. Grand, marvellously
atmospheric if slightly faded Italianate villa, a few hundred
metres inland from the beach. Eight pretty and very different
rooms, with Victorian bath fittings, beamed ceilings and
antique furnishings; some have balconies, but the views are of
 
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