Patmos, in the northwestern Dodecanese, is only 40 square kilometers and a population of just under 3000 a small island. On the island, the apostle John its revelation about 95 AD. Wrote. For Christians Patmos as a place of vision.
Today, tourism is the main industry on the island. Nevertheless, the island is not as crowded as many other Greek islands. There are many Patmos private rooms and pensions. Thus, it is also in the summer just to find a room. Many owners of the room rentals come with arrival of a large ferry to the port to their rooms loudly.
Worth seeing is the famous monastery of St. John (Moni Agios Christodulos) with its weltbkannten Library, considered as the most important historic library in the Greek Orthodox space. Also, the cave in which John described his work, can be visited. Patmos has many beautiful bays and beaches, but most of them are gravel beaches.
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