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Hálki
Vrykoúnda
Avlóna Porto Paradiso
Diafáni A vibrant café directly
Ólymbos on the waterfront. The
coffee is good, and it
Kárpat hos becomes a bar at night.
⌂ Near the marina,
Kárpathos town
Spóa § 22450 22232
Mesohóri
¡¡¡
Kalí Límni Ápella Beach
1,215 m (3,986 ft)
Kyrá Panagiá
Lefkós Beach
Central Apéri Corali (aka Mihalis
Kárpathos Óthos & Popi)
Meat grills, fish, salads
Menetés Kárpathos with home-grown
Finíki Town veggies and Cretan
Arkása Ammopí tsikoudiá are served by
Armathiá
Fokia Beach a lovely couple.
Amfiárti
Agía Marína Frý Karpathos Island ⌂ South end of quay,
Airport Diafáni § 22450 51332
Sitía Arvanitohóri ¡¡¡
Kássos
Orea
This is the best all-
rounder in the port,
with dishes such as
village life have been carefully houses is a Folk Museum with spinach pie, to pair with
pre served and traditional textiles and pottery on show. local wine.
dress is daily wear for the There is also a family loom and ⌂ Southeast end of the
older women who still bake tools for traditional crafts. quay, Kárpathos Town
their bread in outdoor ovens. Lefkós, a west coast resort, is § 22450 22501
considered by the Karpathians ¡¡¡
to be the jewel of the island,
3 with its three horseshoe bays Under the
of white sand. Kyrá Panagiá,
Central Kárpathos on the east coast, is a lovely Trees (Kostas)
cove of fine white sand with a Dine under the
⌂ 8 km (5 miles) NW pink-domed church. tamarisks at this
of Kárpathos town rural taverna. On the
Apéri, north of Kárpathos Folk Museum menu are expertly
town, was the island’s capital " ⌂ Othos village § 22460 grilled swordfish,
until 1892, and is said to be 49283 # Apr–Oct: Tue–Sun racks of chops and
one of the richest villages in courgette chips.
Greece, owing to money sent ⌂ West coast, a short
back from islanders who walk north of Finíki
immigrated to North America. § 6977 984791
It sits 300 m (985 ft) up Mount ¡¡¡
Kalí Límni and has fountains
and fine 19th-century houses
with exquisite gardens.
Othos, just to the west of
Apéri, is the highest village on
the island, at 450 m (1,500 ft)
above sea level. It is also one Pink-domed church
of the oldest, with traditional elevated above the lovely
Karpathian houses. One of the cove at Kyrá Panagiá
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