Patmos Island

The Jewel of the Aegean Sea

In the blue of the Greek Archipelagos on the northwest corner of Dodecanese emerges graciously a majestic gemstone, the beautiful Patmos Island, the jewel of the Aegean Sea.

The bright Patmos Island with its long lasting history over the centuries can be called a majestic gemstone of the sky in a maritime land.

Patmos Island, gifted by God & nature

Generously gifted by God and by nature, Patmos Island has today a population of 3.000 permanent residents and is 161 nautical miles away from Piraeus Port, while it contains an area of only 34.00 km2 and an area of 63 Km of blue lacy coastlines.

Coloured and bright by the light of the sun and the weight of its bright history, the Byzantine tradition, of the grandeur and of its natural beauty it “travels” eternally into the boundless blue of the Aegean Sea.

The “Jerusalem of the Aegean” as they call it, is indisputably a universal cultural interest. In 1999, the medieval settlement of the Chora in Patmos Island, the Holly Cave of the Apocalypse along with the Monastery of Saint John, were officially included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

In 2009, Forbes’ magazine has named Patmos as Europe’s Most Idyllic Place to live, due to the fact that « Patmos Island has evolved over the centuries but has not lost its air of quiet tranquility, which is one reason why people that know it return again and again. »