Patmos Island Travel Guide

 Snipernurse Says:  Patmos was in the first century a Roman prison of sorts, where men were taken to do labor and be captive and such. St. John was sent here by the Romans, and during his time here he had visions from which he compiled the book of Revelations. It is believed that he did this in... 

 vtveen Says:  Chora is the capital of the island. The establishment of this medieval settlement started 50 years after the institution of the monastery (12th century). And the white houses are embracing the impressive grey walls of the monastery on top of one of the hills of Patmos.The... 

 vtveen Says:  This is one of the most significant monuments on Patmos, towering above the whitewashed houses of the town of Chora and visible from any part of the island. The greater part of the building was build by a priest called Christodoulos and after his death finished by 12 other... 

 vtveen Says:  When walking along the waterfront in Skala we saw, close to the Aghios Theologos beach, a sign “Kastelli”. We expected more or less to find the remnants of an old castle and the other day we decided to give it a try and to climb the hill above the town of Skala. The road... 

 vtveen Says:  This little church is just one of the 400 churches and chapels on Patmos. But we decided to visit just this church, because one of our ancestors (a certain Daniel Paleologo) ever donated his St. Nicholas Church to the Monastery of St. John. Although we later discovered that... 

 vtveen Says:  We stayed four days on Patmos and next to visiting the highlights in and around Skala and Chora we rented a car to explore more of the island. We had the car just for one day and divided our touring on two half days; one trip to the northern part and the next day south of... 

 vtveen Says:  Once we arrived in Chora the three wind mills, standing on a ridge, are clearly visible on the left hand side. Taking the road to Grikos we stopped just after the first bend. There starts a foot path uphill to the three mills.They are more or less restored, but it is such a... 

 vtveen Says:  Skala has about 1500 residents (almost the half of Patmos) and is by far the largest town on the island. It is the centre of the social and commercial life with hotels, shops, banks (with ATM), restaurants, cafés, bars, travel agencies and so on. Skala has been built around... 

 vtveen Says:  We had seen this restaurant – with its tables along one of the main roads in Skala - a couple of times and it looked very charming, especially in the evening.For a change we decided to have diner at Pantelis. Because it was rather chilly that evening we had a table inside... 

 vtveen Says:  Café(teria) Restaurant Loza is located in Chora and is an ideal place to finish your visit of the Monastery of St. John or after a walk through the labyrinth of alleys in Chora. Have a warm or cold drink, a quick snack, lunch or dinner.Loza has some really nice terraces and... 

 Snipernurse Says:  Patmos is a pretty small island, and walking from Skala to Hora is done within 30 minutes. On the way is a school for priests/missionaries and the cave of the apocalypse 

 vtveen Says:  Another possibility to travel over the Aegean Sea to Patmos is by a so called flying dolphin. These ‘fast ferries’ are much faster than the traditional ferry. A crossing from Samos to Patmos will take about 1 hour; it is also possible to catch a flying dolphin in Kos (also... 

 vtveen Says:  Patmos has also some taxis. Most of them are driving tourists from Skala to Chora to visit the cave of the Apocalypse and the Monastery of St. John. But if you stay for a longer period on the island and don’t want to rent a car or scooter, you can use a taxi to visit one of... 

 vtveen Says:  If you want to see more than just the road between Skala and Chora consider renting a car to explore Patmos. Of course it is possible to visit the main places of interest by bus and even taking a taxi might be cheaper sometimes. But with our car we were free to go where and... 

 vtveen Says:  The library of the Monastery of St. John was also created by the blessed Christodoulos in 1088 at the same time as the monastery itself. Nowadays it is housed in a new building, but has the same style as the other buildings. It is considered being one of the most important...