Megisti Attractions Kastellórizo
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Chief place: Meyísti
Kastellórizo (from Italian Castelrosso, the Red Castle; Turkish Meis), also known as Meyísti (the "largest" or "greatest"), is the most easterly outpost of Greece, lying only some seven km/4.5mi off the south coast of Asia Minor (Lycia). The rocky and arid island now has only some 200 inhabitants, mostly elderly (some of them sponge divers), compared with the population of 15,000 it is said to have had about 1900. There has been a rapid decline in population since then through emigration, particularly to Australia.
Archeological evidence has shown that the island was already densely populated in the Neolithic period. Its subsequent destinies were closely linked with Rhodes.
An airfield opened in 1986. Regular flights and boat sailings once or twice weekly from and to Rhodes; boats to and from Kásos, Khalkí and Tílos. There is no motor traffic on the island.
Kastellórizo (from Italian Castelrosso, the Red Castle; Turkish Meis), also known as Meyísti (the "largest" or "greatest"), is the most easterly outpost of Greece, lying only some seven km/4.5mi off the south coast of Asia Minor (Lycia). The rocky and arid island now has only some 200 inhabitants, mostly elderly (some of them sponge divers), compared with the population of 15,000 it is said to have had about 1900. There has been a rapid decline in population since then through emigration, particularly to Australia.
Archeological evidence has shown that the island was already densely populated in the Neolithic period. Its subsequent destinies were closely linked with Rhodes.
An airfield opened in 1986. Regular flights and boat sailings once or twice weekly from and to Rhodes; boats to and from Kásos, Khalkí and Tílos. There is no motor traffic on the island.
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