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Leros island Greece Dodecanese Λέρος

Leros Greece tourist guide, Leros Hotels accommodation and shopping.

In our home page we will introduce our small beautiful island of Leros, its attractions, culture, history, people and its businesses.  Leros Hotels and our traditional Leros accommodation, travel agencies in Leros, ,restaurants, listings of all Hotels in Leros, apartments and rooms to let ,our shops, cafes, bars and clubs. In our pages you will discover Leros island through our original pictures including a map of Leros island as well as useful information about how to spend your leisure
time during your holidays like going around, fishing, yachting or diving. We will inform you about how to get to Leros island by Air Travel or by sea
Leros has an Airport which connects daily the island with Athens the Capital city of Greece. Leros island has also daily connections by ferry boats and hydrofoils to Piraeus and most of the Greek islands of Dodecanese like Patmos ,Kalymnos, Lipsi, Samos, Kos, Rhodes, Symi and Nisyros. We hope that soon you will visit that small paradise in the Aegean sea, the island of the Goddess of hunting-Diana. Leros has been neglected from tourism until the beginning of the 70's .The last 30 years though the Europeans mostly Italians ,Scandinavians ,Germans ,French and British has discovered that small Paradise that has a particular beauty that is difficult to find on other islands. Leros is a Green island in contrast with the most of the Dodecanese or Cyclades that most of there islands are rocky and dry. You can see obvious the difference as the ferry boat enters the gulf of Laki or if you are coming with the Hydrofoil from Kalymnos to Leros how the nature changes while approaching Leros having a panoramic view at the bays of Vromolithos and Panteli and then entering the port of Agia Marina at the bay of Alinda. Small hills covered from Eucalypt ,Pines and Tamarisk trees ,small beaches hidden on small bights ,an oasis for the tourist that wants something different from the typical major tourist islands like Rhodes, Kos, Corfu, Mykonos or the volcanic island and most unique of all  Santorini. Leros and its people have kept there local character unspoiled from the package holiday tourism.

Leros Beaches .Alinda Pebbles and sandy beach. Panteli Pebbles and sandy beach. Drymonas Beautiful sandy beach. Plefuti Pebbles and sandy beach. Gourna Large sandy beach. Xirokambos Nice sandy beach. Kryfos Long sandy beach, one of the best in Leros. Panagies Pebble beach. Tourkopigado Pebbles and sandy beach. Kokali Pebbles and sandy beach. Merkies Pebble beach. Koulouki Nice sandy beach

Getting Around: There is a bus service on Leros connecting the villages and the beaches from Platanos. Taxis though is the main transport with low fares. Cars, scooters and boat rentals are also available.
Entertainment On Leros you will find many restaurants,fish taverns, bakeries and confectioneries with traditional Lerian sweets, coffee shops, discos bars and clubs. For the children , many children's amusement parks. For the sports lovers, diving centers ,football stadiums and basketball grounds are available .Leros is ideal for Hiking on lots of small paths up and down the green fertile small hills.
The Educational Cultural Association of Youth of Leros, Artemis organizes frequent events with local dances and music ,theater plays and art exhibitions.

Hotels in Leros
Our island during the last 20 years has become a Paradise for the tourists that they try to find an alternative Greek island away from the heavy industrialized package tourism islands. The advertising campaign of our island has attracted many travelers and the services of Leros hotels are among the best in the Dodecanese islands ,as e result the last years there have been developed many Hotels on Leros with international top standards .There are some companies that transfer tourism to several Hotels mostly in Alinda and Vromolithos.
Travel information
Leros has daily connections from Piraeus.Ferrys to Leros departing usually at from the North part of Piraeus Port.Ariving from Athens airport with the Metro, you can use the free Bus service witch is located opposite the main entrance of the station at the port.The buses takes you at the ships.
The ferries also connects Leros with Patmos,Lipsi , Kalymnos, Kos and Rhodes. From May till October hydrofoils also connect Leros with Samos, Patmos, Lipsi, Kalymnos, Kos Rhodes Nisyros and Symi 
By Air: There are daily flights from Athens with Olympic Airlines UK residence you can book online your travel to Leros from our site.

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