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This island extends for about 48 km in the southern part of the Dodecanese; since it is distant and difficult to reach, it has remained partly marginalized by tourist influences.
Especially in the north of the island, local traditions are well rooted, just think that the traditional festivals last for days and days.
The few travelers who stay there choose the area of the port of Difani as a base, where there are some guesthouses and rooms for rent.
In the morning boats depart from the port for the coves of the surroundings, among which the most beautiful and characteristic is undoubtedly that of the islet of Saria.
The southern part of the island of Karpathos is certainly the most touristic area, also thanks to the presence of the airport where several flights from Athens arrive every day; in this part there are some of the most beautiful beaches of the whole archipelago such as the beach of Apela and of Kyria Panagia with sand and white pebbles.
To the southwest of the island is the beautiful Diakoftis beach with white sand; while if you are looking for beaches suitable for families, the lido of Ammopi with its equipped beaches will certainly be for you.
How to get there
Flying to Karpathos from Athens is easy. Sky Express, Aegean and Olympic Airways fly here from Athens and there are also international flights from Europe. Karpathos has ferry connections with Piraeus, Rhodes, Crete, Mykonos, Santorini, Naxos and other Dodecanese islands. There are only a couple of ferries a week from Piraeus and maybe one or two a week from Rhodes, Crete, Santorini, Milos, Kassos, Halki, Paros and Naxos.
History
In antiquity, contact with the island of Crete was decisive for the development of the civilization of the island of Karpathos.
Pigadia was the home of settlers from Crete.
In the middle of the 1st century AD, the island was inhabited by the Romans under the reign of Emperor Diocletian, and belonged to the Eastern Roman Empire. During the 5th century after Christ, Karpathos was raided by Arabs, Saracens and others. This is how the mountain villages were created. After the Genoese came the Venetians. In 1311 the Knights of Rhodes finally conquered the island, which belonged to the Venetian Andrea Kornarnos, until 1315, when the ruler reconquered it.
Karpathos Beaches
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