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Astypalea or Hora
This is the capital and port of the island built on a hill protruding into the sea thus forming two bays: the port - Pera Yialos -and Livadia Bay. The peak is dominated by the fortress built of dark local stone from which one can see the glowing white domes of the Evangelistria and Agios Georgios Churches sticking out. Around it are white houses with blue doors and windows and wooden railings on the balconies. Among them are churches and domed chapels. On the saddle of the hill are eight windmills, a unique jewel adorning Hora. Slightly further on is the traditional coffee house and further still is the Town Hall from whence the two main roads which lead up the hill to the Fortress begin. Each leads to a well known church, the Monastery of Panaghia Portaitissa on the Livadia Bay side and the Megali Panaghia Church on the Pera Yialos side. |
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Traveling
The island is connected coastal with certain islands of Dodecannese (Leros, Kalimnos, Kos, Nisiros, Rhodes) and with Piraeus (tel. +3 210-4593000, 22430-61208, 22410-28888).
With plane from Athens, the winter become four flights per week of (duration 50 min) while the summertime are executed daily itineraries (tel. +3 210-3530000 and 22430-61665).
Locomotions in the interior:
Buses or small ships connect the villages, the beaches and the around islets. |