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Apr 17, 2024 · Today Kastellorizo has been rebuilt and restored, with colourful houses around the bay backed with steep cliffs and surrounded by the clear turquoise waters of the Aegean. This mostly car-free island is a relaxed place to escape from it all for a few days.
Feb 1, 2024 · Kastellorizo is quietly becoming the Dodecanese answer to Hydra – a fashionable gathering place for cultural dialogue and experimentation, but with a more down-to-earth, out-of-the-way atmosphere. With fewer than 300 inhabitants, the low-key social scene centres around the skinny waterfront strip known as the Kordoni, or ‘shoelace’.
Kastellorizo or Castellorizo (US: / ˌ k ɑː s t ə ˈ l ɔːr ɪ z oʊ / KAH-stə-LOR-iz-oh; [3] Greek: Καστελλόριζο, romanized: Kastellórizo), officially Megisti (Μεγίστη, Megísti), is a Greek island and municipality of the Dodecanese in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Kastelorizo is the remotest island of Greece located on the easternmost edge of Dodecanese. Else known as Megisti, Kastelorizo is the biggest island of a small complex of fourteen rocky islets and islands. As the size of the island is tiny, you don’t have to worry for your transportation.
A Remote Treasure Island. On the easternmost side of Greece you’ll come across Kastellorizo, one of the smallest yet prettiest islands of the Dodecanese complex. Also known as Megisti during antiquity, the island has a long history starting in the early Neolithic era.
Kastellorizo (also known as Castellorosso or Megisti) is famous for being the island where a lot of Mediterranean films were shot. It only measures 10 square kilometers and it is the most remote island of the Dodecanese as it is only 2 km from the Turkish coast.
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Dec 22, 2017 · Spreading like a triangular plateau south of the main town, Kastellorizo is a rocky island crisscrossed by old paths and dirt tracks. Pack your hiking gear and enough water supplies and get ready to discover this forgotten land.