Sailing from Kos to Nisyros with a yacht, chartered from there or elsewhere, you leave Kos Marina and sat a course to the south-east, to the northeasterly part of the vulcanic island Nisyros, where you should prefer the small harbour called PALI.
No matter,
if you come from NE (Kos) or SE(Tilos/tuirkisch coast) or E (Knidos/Turkey):
first
in sight is a big building. It is the never finished, half-ready sanatorium
for healing-waters: Nisyros has vulcanic-springs,
and years
ago, it was planned to built a sanatorium there...it was started
to built, and ended up (like many
greek investments ;-) in a non-finished ruin.
If you have
later a walk from the harbour there (about 500m, passing the
bakery !!) and
go
inside, you can see the bath-installations etc. Nobody knows,
if it will be finished and used ever. At least, the building
is a good landmark for the sailors, because about 500m further
right,
you can
see the piers of the small Pali-harbour.
Note: from > 5 Bft it is not possible to pass into that harbour, because it has only about 3m water in the entrance, and ground-seas appear very quick there! In that case you should sail over to the white industrial-island Yali about 2nm north, which gives shelter against strong N-winds!
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The other harbour on the north-coast, Mandraki, is completely open to swell, frequented very much by daily-boats from Kos and the Port Police office is exactly there, so paperwork is unavoidable! (while in Pali PP nearly never appears...) |
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In Pali, take a day off and visit the hinterland, the small roads will lead you to nice spots: you can rent a car or better Scooters, and have a visit to Mandraki, enjoy a drink or lunch in one of the bars, watching the daytourist passing by. Next have a look at the old castle about 2 km outside (all good indicated!) |
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Take
some hours now for the trip to the vulcano - it is one of
the "hottest" spots for an eruption in the mediterranean
(but donīt worry: itīs satellite-monitored...). After a visit
to the
vulcanoīs caldera, on your way back, you see a small mountain
village.> It has only one small Taverna, like a birdīs nest
on the hills, and a incredible view to the caldera! Recommended
to
sit down with some basic greek food (greek salad...) and enjoy
the view!!! |
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| In the evening, back in Pali, you can have a nice greek food dinner - basic, but "real" thing for your money. Sometimes they have fresh-barbecued goat! All restaurants are ok... the most friendly one is the scooter rental "Captain". | |||
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