Patmos - Town Attractions Khóra

 
The island of Pátmos consists of three parts joined by narrow isthmuses. At the head of the longest inlet on the east side is the busy port of Skála, from which it is an hour's climb (3km/2mi; bus service) to the quiet little town of Pátmos or Khóra (130m/425ft) with its whitewashed houses and its monasteries, churches and chapels. The most notable of these is the monastery of St John the Theologian (Aàyios Ioánnis Theológos; St John the Divine), towering over the town with its massive 15th century walls topped by 17th century battlements. The monastery is directly subordinate to the Oecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul.
View over the Island of Patmos and the harbor of Skala.Patmos - Town
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