Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sámos
Neroníssi
Fish Farm
Katholikó
209m
Mikró
Horió
Megálo
Horió
Áyios Yeóryios
Pálli
Thóli
Megálos
Kámbos
Tsangári
201m
Spiliás
Gaïdhourávlakos
Áyíos Ioánnis
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2
AGATHONÍSSI
kilometres
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Despite the lack of springs, the island is greener and more fertile than apparent from the
sea; lentisc, carob and scrub oak on the heights overlook two arable plains in the west.
Fewer than a hundred people live here full time, but they make a go of stock-raising or
fishing (or rather, fish-farming), and few dwellings are abandoned or neglected.
Most of the population lives in
Megálo Horió
hamlet, just visible on the ridge above
the harbour hamlet of
ÁYIOS YEÓRYIOS
and at eye level with tiny
Mikró Horió
opposite.
Except for a small shop and two café-restaurants working peak-season nights only in
Megálo Horió, all amenities are in the port.
With no rental scooters, exploring involves
walking
along the cement-road network,
or following a very few tracks and paths - bring plenty of water. If you won't swim at
the port, home to the largest sandy
beach
, hike ten minutes southwest to shingle-gravel
Spiliás
, or continue another quarter-hour by path over the ridge to
Gaïdhourávlakos
,
another gravel cove.
Bays in the east, all reached by paved roads, include tiny
Póros
(45min distant), fine sand
with lentisc-tree shade at the back;
Thóli
(25min further) in the far southeast, with good
snorkelling and some morning shade; and
Pálli
across the same bay, a small but pristine
fine-pebble cove reached by a fifteen-minute walk down from the trans-island road.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
AGATHONÍSSI
By ferry
Arkí (4 weekly; 1hr); Kálymnos (4 weekly; 5hr
30min); Lipsí (4 weekly; 2hr 45min); Léros (4 weekly; 4hr);
Pátmos (4 weekly; 1hr 50min); Samos (4 weekly; 1hr
5min).
ACCOMMODATION AND EATING
Rooms Maria Kamitsi
T
22470 29065, or 693 25 75
121.
Thirteen pleasant a/c rooms at the centre of the
beach, sharing use of
a ki
tchen and fridges, with a vine-
covered patio outside.
€40
Seagull
T
22470 29062.
Central taverna, close to the
yacht moorings, where the romantic waterside tables are
filled every night for a full menu of baked and grilled
dishes.
Daily lunch & dinner.
To Agnanti
T
22470 29019 or 697 48 14 013.
Good-
value rooms, the newest on the island, above the popular
Memento
Bar
,
which has a wooden deck reaching out over
the water.
€50
