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Aegean · May to October

Dodecanese

Rhodes, Symi and Patmos, close enough to the Turkish coast to make one cruise of both.

18 places on the chart: 18 islands.

Open Dodecanese on the chart

Why the fleet comes here

Rhodes
Mandraki harbour and the walled medieval town
Patmos
Skala harbour under the monastery of St John
Kos
A marina, an airport and the crossing to Bodrum
Symi
Neoclassical houses stacked around a harbour, and Panormitis in the south
Kalymnos
The sponge island, and Vathy fjord
Nisyros
A live caldera you can walk into, and a harbour at Mandraki
Leros
Lakki, an Italian rationalist town on one of the best natural harbours in the Aegean
Astypalea
A butterfly-shaped island between the Cyclades and the Dodecanese
Tilos
Between Rhodes and Nisyros, and almost empty
Halki
One harbour, off the west coast of Rhodes
Lipsi
A small island north of Leros with a dozen coves

Every place in Dodecanese