Symi
Information about Symi
Simi, called Sime in antiquity, is a Greek island of the Aegean Sea in the Dodecanese archipelago, located 41 km north of the coast of the island of Rhodes, surface of 58.1 km².
It is located near the Turkish coasts of the Re?adiye peninsula in the Mu?la Province. From an administrative point of view, it is a municipality on the outskirts of the Southern Aegean (peripheral unit of Rhodes).
The island has over three hundred monasteries and churches. The most important Churches are: Prophet Elias, St. John of Tsagkrias, St. Procopius, Madonna Myrtariotissa, Roukouniotis, Santa Marina and the Holy Monastery of Panormitis. Worth noting is the Kokkimidi Abbey, a Byzantine monastery renovated in 1697, the Perivioti Abbey and the War Cross Monastery.
Kos
Kos is a Greek island belonging to the Dodecanese archipelago, located in front of the Turkish resort of Bodrum, the ancient Alicarnasso, about 4 km from the coast.
It measures about 50 km in length and 12 km in width in the widest part and there are about 30,000 permanent residents, most of which are concentrated in the homonymous capital of the island.
In addition to the capital Kos, other inhabited areas of the island are Cardamena (Kardamena), Cefalo (Kefalos), Tigaki, Antimachia, Mastichari, Marmari and Pilì (Pyli), in addition to the smaller villages of Zia, Zipari, Platani, Lagoudi and community of Asfendiù (Asfentiou), a center composed of 5 villages now almost completely abandoned at the foot of Mount Dikeo, the highest peak of the island.
On the island there are many archaeological sites such as the Asclepeion, or the temple of Asclepius, Greek god of medicine, the baths, the Platano of Hippocrates, the Roman odeon, the Castle of Neratzia, the fortress at the entrance of the port of the town of Kos and the Byzantine fortress of Antimachia.
For sea lovers there are many beaches to visit. The northern part of the island is always beaten by the wind, but has crystalline seabeds instead of the southern one, with a still calm sea, clear water but darker seabed. Between Kardamena and Coo there are some famous thermal springs that form natural pools of very hot and sulphurous water. Going towards Kefalos is the island of Castri often visited by sunbathers sunbathing on the beach in front.
It was famous in antiquity for being the birthplace of Hippocrates, the father of medicine.
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