The comparatively small island of Karpathos can deliver a never-ending series of experiences. Karpathos Island has a good variety of activities and fascinating attractions while on your holiday. Breathtaking natural beauty with its many, sandy and pebble beach’s as well as very old culture and history.
Beaches for Swimming
Beaches such as Lefkos(Mesochori), Kira-Panaghia (Aperi),Agios Nicolaos (Arkassa), Amopi (Menetes), Achata (Aperi), Apella (Vollada) are the most organized with taverns, umbrellas and beach beds . Less touristic and rather isolated are the beaches of Diakoptis(Afiartis), Kamarakia and Agios Georgios.
Scuba Diving
Karpathos Island has a diversity of sea life and is one of the greatest places for scuba diving. Go scuba diving into a colorful underwater world, to discover hidden treasures , experience the endless blue, or explore ship wrecks lying on the seabed more than hundred years.
Wind Surfing
Strong winds, deep bright blue waters with no surge, wide sandy beaches, and temperate weather. The already well acknowledged to surfers around the world Karpathos island, is an official destination from the time when the island hosted the Speed Windsurfing World Championship in 2006. The best beaches suitable for windsurfing are in Afiartis.
Folklore Fests
Karpathos compose a living folkloric museum. All the celebrations during the year, provide a particular liveliness to the villages and the secluded little churches, gathering all the residents, the emigrants as well as the visitors, to pure festivities enduring many days, where the traditional music organs, the local wine and the traditional food, dominate.
- Festivals in Karpathos
- 17 / 07 Agia Marina festival in Menetes
- 27 / 07 Agios Panteleimon festival in Othos
- 27 / 07 Agios Panteleimon festival in Othos
- 06 / 08 Jesus Christ festival in Othos
- 15 / 08 15th of August in Menetes, Piles, Aperi and Olympos.
- 28 / 08 Agios Ioannis festival in Laki and Olympos
- 07 / 09 Larniotissa festival in Pigadia
- 08 / 09 Panagia Vrisiani festival in Mesochori, at Plagia Panagia in Volada.
- 17 / 09 Agia Sofia festival in Arkasa
