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  Kalymnos Greece | tourist travel guide to the Greek island Kalymnos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Kalymnos is about 100km north west of Rhodes along the Turkish coast with Leros to the north and Kos to the south.
Kalymnos was once the capital of the Greek sponge fishing industry, its diver noted for their skill in diving to great depths.
Kalymnos is known for its dry atmosphere thanks to the porous limestone landscape which soaks up much of the water.
www.greekisland.co.uk /kalymnos/kalymnos.htm   (3023 words)

  
 Kalymnos! alles over het Griekse eiland Kalymnos
De naam Kalymnos wordt vaak in verband gebracht met de wereld van het sponsvissen.
Daarbij hebben de meesten een sleutel of weten waar die is. Vergeet niet om een zaklamp mee te nemen.
Kalymnos is door zijn vele rotsen geliefd bij klimmers.
www.griekenland.net /kalymnos.htm   (480 words)

  
 Kalymnos - GriekseGids Kalymnos Griekenland
Er zijn in Kalymnos vele startpunten om een klimtocht te beginnen.
Al eeuwenlang is op het eiland Kalymnos het sponduiken een beroep, het is voor de inwoners van dit eiland altijd een grote bron van inkomsten geweest.
Het sponsduiken is geen ongevaarlijk beroep, er zijn tijdens het duiken naar sponzen heel wat duikers omgekomen.
www.grieksegids.nl /dodecanese/kalymnos.htm   (417 words)

  
 Kalymnos - Greece information
Kalymnos is situated in the north of Kos, the distance till Piraeus is 183 sea miles.
Kalymnos is a small island, surface 111 km2, and exists for a great part of rocks.
The island is widely known as the sponge-divers’ island, since such a large portion of the population is engaged in this ages-old occupation.
kalymnos.tripod.com   (122 words)

  
 WorldTravelGate.net® - The History of Kalymnos,Dodecanese Islands,Greece
One of his sons was Kalydnos who fell on a piece of land, which later emerged, to the surface forming a complex of island called "The Islands of Kalydnos".
In 1495, the fierce Turk, Hamza, who occupied the island and raided and massacred the locals, while Kalymnos was destroyed by a new earthquake, attacked the island.
Kalymnos, like all the Dodecanese islands, participated in the Greek Revolution in 1821, but in London Protocol (1830), did not include the island inside the boundaries of the Greek state.
www.eurotravelling.net /greece/kalymnos/kalymnos_history.htm   (714 words)

  
 Kalymnos Links
Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion." (Kalymnos It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it so seldom achieves great results.
Kalymnos The man with the best job in the country is the Vice President.
Kalymnos The church is the great lost and found department.
www.welcome-2-europe.com /Greece_Prefectures_Dodecanese_Kalymnos.html   (1559 words)

  
 Grekland - Kalymnos - Kalimera
För mig är Kalymnos en ö där människorna kommer i centrum, en ö med en myllrande huvudstad, ett medryckande folkliv, och en ö där man för en gång skull får möjlighet att uppleva det vi ofta letar efter, "det genuina Grekland".
Myrties och Massouri är Kalymnos två största turistorter och det är i regel här du bor om du åker charter.
Kalymnos är inte bara tvättsvampar, här finns flera fina grottor, några annorlunda kloster, ett trevligt "undervattensmuseum" (som ligger ovan vattenytan), och ett par gamla fästningar.
www.kalimera.nu /oar/dodekan/kalymnos.html   (985 words)

  
 Kalymnos - JustGreece.com
Kalymnos is widely known as the spongefinders' island, since such a large portion of the population is engaged in this age-old occupation.
Kalymnos has other charming villages, like Vathi, set in a fertile valley full of citrus trees, and Methoni, on the south-east side of the island.
Among the lovely beaches on Kalymnos are Massouri, Mirties and Arginondas along th ewest coast and Vlyhadia in the south.
www.justgreece.com /dodecanese/kalymnos.php   (360 words)

  
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The authorities and the Municipality of Kalymnos have embraced these developments and support the organisation and exploitation of the rock and climbing areas.
Kalymnos is about three hundred kilometres south east of Athens, and one hundred north west of Rhodes.
The airport of Kalymnos is under construction and is not yet ready for passengers.
www.cragx.com /articles/issue19/kalymnosBI/index.htm   (443 words)

  
 Kalymnos Greece. The Kalymnos Island travel guide.
Kalymnos adorns the Northern part of Dodecanese islands with it's mountainous landscape that attracts rock and mountain climbers from the furthest corners of the globe.
In Kalymnos the sponge-divers still continue to dive into the deep waters of the Aegean bringing, in their own traditional manner, the "fruits" of the sea to the surface.
This Kalymnos Travel Guide provides a brief history of the island and it's role in Greek mythology, a map of Kalymnos, various breathtaking photographs and a slide show, as well as places of interest and where to stay.
www.kalymnosinfo.com /index.asp   (462 words)

  
 greece-2004.com - Kalymnos - Kalymnos Online Guide -Kalymnos
During the archaic period (7th century B.C.) Kalymnos joined the Dorian Alliance of the Six States whereas in the wake of the Persian Wars, it came to be part of the First Athenian Alliance, thus joining the military forces of the latter that fought the Peloponnesian War.
In the Byzantine years, Kalymnos experienced several raids by the pirates that infested the seas of the time, calamities that only came to aggravate the dire circumstances of an island often ravaged by such natural disasters as earthquakes - the worst of which shook Kalymnos in AD 533 strongly enough to change its shape.
During the Dominion of the Francs (AD 1204 -1261) Kalymnos managed to remain under Byzantine rule and its administration exercised from the city of Nikaea, until the year 1306, when it was acquired by the Knights of Saint John, part of the estate of who it continued to be through to 1522.
www.greece-2004.com /kalymnos/index.htm   (761 words)

  
 KALYMNOS
Kalymnos, from its climbing birth in the mid 1990s, is now arguably the top fantasy destination in the whole of the Mediterranean area.
You don’t have to be on the island for long to recognise that the local economy is increasingly dependent on the new arrivals especially with the withering away of the tour operators’ interest and the non-arrival of a functional airport.
Kalymnos is probably the place in the world to add your own special contribution.
www.autumnhouse.demon.co.uk /Kalymnos.htm   (809 words)

  
 Kalymnos
Its no joke : at the end of the road on Kalymnos, and I mean definitly the end of the road, there lies Emborios.
Kalymnos is a very attractive Island for those who like mountain climbing.
Hundreds of years ago it was split from Kalymnos by a earthquake.
web.inter.nl.net /users/maza/Kalymnos_2002.htm   (402 words)

  
 Kalymnos Greece.Kalymnos Hotels . accommodation .apartments .hotel .Kalymnos hotel.Grecia Griechenland.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Kalymnos is the best known as the island of some of the world's finest sponge divers.
Have you beheld the daughter of the Sun and the Sea.
At about the 2nd Millennium BC Kalymnos was conquered and colonized by the Phoenicians.
www.faliraki-info.com /greek-islands/kalymnos   (380 words)

  
 GNTO-Greek Islands-Kalymnos-Historic Facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Kalymnos was liberated in 333 BC, by Ptolemeus, a General of Alexander the Great.
During the Hellenistic Era, Kalymnos submitted to Kos, while, in 44 BC, the island was conquered by the Romans who removed all the art treasures and imposed heavy, unbearable taxation, on the locals.
In 1306, the island was occupied by the Knights from Rhodes who imposed heavy taxation and work on the locals, without providing any protection from pirate raids.
www.hri.org /infoxenios/english/dodecanese/kalymnos/history.html   (472 words)

  
 Kalymnos and Leros yachting guide - sailing holidays and yacht charters in the Dodecanese - Kalymnos and Leros
Kalymnos is a bare limestone island, separated from Leros, by the narrow channel of Stenon Lerou.
The coasts are mostly steep and rocky, with numerous coves and inlets ideal for a sailing holiday.
From a distance Kalymnos town, the monastery on the hill and the shining cupola of the cathedral can be seen.
www.sailingissues.com /greekislands/leros.html   (729 words)

  
 Kalymnos
Kalymnos was finally liberated on March 31st 1947, and was incorporated into the Greek Nation in 1948 along with the rest of the Dodecanese Island.
The capitol Kalymnos, or Pothia, with it's colorful, two storey houses, is built like an amphitheater, housing a population of 11.500.
Map on Kalymnos with the Capitol Kalymnos, or Pothia, on the south coast.
home.online.no /~jkorshav/kalymnos.html   (652 words)

  
 Kalymnos, Greece, Greek islands
What followed is the common history for almost all the Aegean islands: In the 5th century it belonged to the Athenian League against the Persians, then the Macedons, and in the 2nd century BC the Romans came.
The island then fell under Italian rule, and in 1943 Kalymnos was occupied by the Germans for two years until it finally was given back to Greece.
It is a small island, sometimes called the Sleeping Princess, and was part of Kalymnos until a volcanoeruption separated the two islands in AD 535.
www.in2greece.com /english/places/summer/islands/kalymnos.htm   (733 words)

  
 GNTO-Greek Islands-Kalymnos-Towns
It is 3 km northwest from Kalymnos and it has a population of about 2,500 inhabitants.
The island's capital, Kalymnos or Pothia, is on the north side of the island and has 1,200 inhabitants.
From Kalymnos, one can also visit the Cave of The Seven Virgins or Nymphs, the Kefalas Cave, the ruins of the ancient city on the north-west side and the fine nearby beaches.
www.hri.org /infoxenios/english/dodecanese/kalymnos/towns.html   (640 words)

  
 Kalymnos climbing and sea
As there are still many 'virgin crags' on Kalymnos, the equipping of routes is still going on (equipment with bolts).
However, to enjoy climbing on Kalymnos, you should have some climbing experience and be able to 'follow' a 5c.
So far, Kalymnos is still rather unknown on an international level and therefore you do not find the usual 'crowds' and 'queues' which are typical for the famous crags.
www.alpinguide.com /kalymnos_des_en.htm   (908 words)

  
 Climbing.NL: Klimmen op Kalymnos
Het is grijs en het motregent op Schiphol, als we terugkeren van een zonovergoten klimvakantie op het Griekse eiland Kalymnos.
Kalymnos, nooit van gehoord, totdat de naam afgelopen voorjaar opdook op het prikbord van de DCH, met een link naar een site die helemaal aan rotsklimmen op dit eiland gewijd is.
Op de Kalymnos klim-site worden 23 verschillende gebieden gepresenteerd, verdeeld over de westkust, met meer dan 200 routes.
www.climbing.nl /kalymnos   (424 words)

  
 ROCKFAX | Databases | Kalymnos
Aris runs Kalymnos Climbing and is the area's main activist.
Kalymnos is the fourth largest island in the Dodecanese chain of Greek islands, which include Kos and Rhodes, situated close to the Turkish mainland.
The closest cimbing to most of the climber’s accommodation on Kalymnos is the...
www.rockfax.com /databases/results_area.html?id=10   (485 words)

  
 KALYMNOS - Dilos Holiday World
Kalymnos or Pothia, the island's capital, amphitheatrically built, descends to the port like a multicoloured torrent of bright houses, churches, and belfries.
With its tiny bays and surrounding islands, Kalymnos is ideal for amateur fishermen.
From Kalymnos we can easily visit the nearby tiny islands of Telendos and Pserimos, which offer idyllic sites for swimming and fishing.
www.dilos.com /location/360   (351 words)

  
 Site Map - Temple of Troy for everything you need to know about the Greek Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Kalymnos is a Greek island in the south-eastern Aegean Sea.
The capital of Kalymnos, situated in a natural amphitheatre...
Kos or Cos is a Greek island in the Dodecanese group of islands, in the Aegean Sea, which it separates from the Gulf of...
www.templeoftroy.co.uk /kalymnos   (767 words)

  
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Op aandringen van onze Finse vrienden hadden we Kalymnos verkozen boven een vakantie in Spanje.
Het eiland kent goede voorzieningen, maar is niet toeristisch ge-exploiteerd.
Kalymnos richt zich erop om tot een echt sportklimparadijs uit te groeien, en trekt klimmers aan uit de hele wereld.
www.belclimb.net /articles.php?mode=print&artID=264&getLang=NL   (940 words)

  
 Kalymnos isola, alberghi, appartamenti, Grecia
Kalymnos, situata tra Cos e Leros, è; per grandezza la quarta isola del Dodecanneso.
Vicino a Kalymnos si trovano le spiagge Gefira, Vlichadia e Therma.Le più belle spiagge dell’isola si trovano sulla parte occidentale e sono: Panormos, Kantouni, Platis Gialos e Linaria.Verso nord le spiagge di Platis Gialos, Mirties e la famosa spiaggia sabbiosa alla località di Masouri.La piccola baia di Arginontas e la spiaggia alla località di Emporios.
L’infrastruttura turistica dell’isola di Kalymnos dispone di una grande quantità di alloggi come alberghi, pensioni, appartamenti in affitto, camere in affitto e ville, offrendo la possibilità di ospitalità a numerosi visitatori e le condizioni ideali per una vacanza confortabile.
www.greciaturismo.com /dodecanneso/kalymnos.html   (347 words)

  
 Gaths Rejseside: Kalymnos
Kalymnos ligger lige nord for Kos og hører til de dodekanesiske øer.
At købe madvarer i minimarkederne er dyrt på Kalymnos, prisen er ofte det dobbelte af hvad det koster i Danmark.
Langt de fleste turister er dog endagsturister fra Kalymnos, de kommer primært for at opleve den hyggelige bilfri by, at klatre på de stejle klipper eller for at sole og bade.
www.gaths-rejseside.dk /Kalymnos/kalymnos.html   (1872 words)

  
 Archontiko Hotel, Kalymnos, Greece   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The newly renovated hotel is located near the marina on Kalymnos port (Pothia) and it offers breathtaking views over the colourful harbour and the sea beyond.
It is near the commercial center of the island, and near the main bus stop, that makes it convenient to visit other areas of Kalymnos.
Kalymnos was then occupied by the Turks and the building served for a while as the residence of the governor.
www.travelinfo.gr /archontiko   (378 words)

  
 Travel and Planning - Kalymnos - Carlinknetwork.co.uk
We frequently hear of would-be visitors who are told by travel agents that there are no holidays available in Kalymnos - and yet apartment and hotel owners have empty beds.
In Pothia, taxis meet the ferries or you can call ahead to the Kalymnos taxi station on 22430 50300 to arrange for a car to meet you and take you to your accommodation.
Kalymnos is a great place for a holiday.
www.carlinknetwork.co.uk /kalymnos/planning.shtml   (426 words)

  
 kalymnos hotels hotel kalydna kalimnos greece
Kalydna island hotel situated in Kalymnos island well known as the island of sponge fishing and a favorite Greek Island for rock climbers.
Alternatively you can get to Kalymnos island by flying from Athens to Kos, the flying time is only around 35 minutes, and then a short boat ride 45 minutes from KOs island Mastihari port to Kalymnos Island.
From June 2005, the newly build airport of Kalymnos island is due to operate and direct flights from Athens to Kalymnos will make it easier to visit this beautiful unspoiled island.
www.greecead.com /gadhome/kalymnos/kalydna_island_hotel.html   (693 words)

  
 Alt om reiser - Din reiseguide : Kalymnos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Kalymnos er kjent for sin århundrelange og fremdeles levende tradisjon med svampdykking, øya er et yndet mål for fjellklatrere, men først og fremst er det de mange små strendene og den greske bedageligheten som trekker mange.
Kalymnos er kjent for spesielt en ting; og det er også noe ganske spesielt: Kalymnos er den eneste greske øya som har en fast gruppe profesjonelle svampdykkere.
Webside som beskriver i detalj strendene på Kalymnos og graden av naturisme som praktiseres hvor.
www.altomreiser.no /destinasjon/229   (1129 words)

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