Insight Guides Pocket Kos (Travel Guide eBook) by Insight Guides

Author:Insight Guides
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, Kos
Publisher: Apa Publications
Published: 2019-12-03T16:00:00+00:00

The Italian legacy in Lakkí

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Lakkí’s present population of 2,058 (a quarter of Léros’ inhabitants) rattles around the underused streets; nautical flavour is imparted by yacht marinas and dry-docks, here and at adjacent Teménia. The atmosphere was long weighted by three hospitals for disabled children and mentally unwell adults, though these institutions have mostly closed and the facilities partly occupied by the University of the Aegean’s nursing faculty.

The rest of Léros (easily toured by scooter) is more conventionally inviting, particularly the fishing/yacht port of Pandéli, with its fine-pebble beach and waterfront tavernas, just downhill from the capital of Plátanos, its pastel-hued vernacular houses draped over a saddle. Overhead looms a well-preserved Byzantine-Knights’ castle (daily 8am–1pm and 4–8pm; charge) sheltering an excellent ecclesiastical museum (the English-speaking warden gives an engaging tour). The summit views, especially southeast at dusk, are superb. South of Pandéli, Vromólithos W [map], especially at southerly Tourkopígado, has the best easily accessible and car-free beach on an island lacking good, sandy ones. Elsewhere, sharp rock reefs must often be crossed entering the water. Southeast of Vromólithos, two sandy coves at Ágios Geórgios are less crowded.

Picturesque Agia Marína E [map], beyond Plátanos, is the usual excursion boat and catamaran harbour (though adverse weather may force catamarans to dock at Lakkí). It has several tavernas and cafés, plus more whimsical Italian monuments like the market hall and customs house.

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