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to the little port of Pandéli
Lipsí,
and to the fishing village of Pátmos 0 kilometres 3 N
Agía Marína. Perched above
the village, the Byzantine Trypití 0 miles 3
kástro offers fine views. Arhángelos
Renovated by the Venetians Strongylí
and Knights of St John, it
houses Panagía tou Kástrou Parthéni
(the Madonna of the Castle), a Leros Airport Blefoútis
church that is famous for its Temple of Léros
miraculous icon. Artemis
Álinda
3 Krithóni Agía Marína
Pandéli Lipsí, Ágios Isídoros Plátanos Kástro
Pátmos Goúrna Beach Pandéli
⌂ 3 km (2 miles) NE of Lakkí Drymónas Vromólithos
Pandéli, located near Lakkí, is Aghios Gerghios Lakkí
a fishing port with a tree- Plaka Teménia
fringed pebble beach and War Museum
several tavernas. Immediately
south, the Vromólithos bay Lepída
has a number of sandy coves Xirókambos

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Kálymnos
In Léros, property
passes down the
female line, a remnant
of the early worship facing Agía Kyriakí islet, more The Historical and Folklore
of Artemis. tavernas and accommodation. Museum highlights the Battle
The road north from of Léros, and has costumes
Plátanos, lined with Neo- and musical instruments.
Classical mans ions built from Little remains of the once-
1880 and 1920, leads to Agía powerful Temple of Artemis.
Marína, the main port for local These ruins, a few carved
excursion boats. Here, too, are blocks of stone and frag-
more whimsical-looking ments of pillars, now overlook
Italian-built public buildings, the airport further north from
in particular the customs the resort at Álinda.
house, the fish market and
the post office.
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4 Xirókambos
Krithóni ⌂ 4 km (2 miles) S
of Lakkí
⌂ 5 km (3 miles) NW
of Lakkí The sleepy fishing port-resort
of Xirókambos is in a pebble-
From Agía Marína, the coastal shored southeasterly bay
road heads west to Krithóni, surrounded by olive trees. It is
with the Commonwealth overlooked by the originally
War Graves Commission’s 3rd-century BC citadel of
well-maintained cemetery Lepída, with its huge well-
for the 184 Allied casualties preserved Cyclopean walls
of the 1943 Battle of Léros. containing a church of
Beyond the cemetery, Álinda Panagía, which has some fine
is the main Lerian resort, with mosaics. The view from the
a long, narrow pebble beach. citadel is magnificent.
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