Leros tourism

Leros has an area of about 53 sq km the main town located in Platanos. The most important towns of Leros is Agia Marina, Lakki, Kamara, Xirokambos, Alinda, Panteli.
 Alinda is located in the centre of the Agia Marina bay and is the place with the most developed tourist infrastructure. Most of the big Leros hotels units are in Alinda. The area has a lass vegetation and a pebble beach across the main road where you will find most of the hotels, restaurants and bars of the area. In the tower of Belenis you will find a small museum.
 Lakki is the main port of Leros and the largest natural port in the Mediterranean, Lakki has modern port facilities and services plus 2 yacht marinas. In Lakki the visitor will find many buildings of Art Deco that were build by the Italians. There are good roads, with Eucalypt trees and parks most of them where designed by the Italians in the 30’s. Leros maintained those historical buildings because they are important masterpieces of this specific architectural style in Europe before the second world war. Lakki is has developed some tourist infrastructure but is mainly used as the main place for the locals for shopping, there are though some hotels, restaurants and cafes.
 Panteli is the main attraction of Leros as the small fisherman’s village has kept its traditional way of life with local fishermen and their boats. Panteli is the ideal place for families and cheaper accommodation. In Panteli you will find restaurants, bars, the sophisticated cafeteria Kastelo and the Savana bar.
 At Vromolithos just a few minutes walk from Panteli there are many new hotel units and a nice beach. Unfortunately the build construction boom of the area has destroyed its natural beauty.
 Xirokambos is located in the south of Leros about 7 kilometres from Platanos, there is a nice beach and some restaurants at Xerokampos there is a hotels and some rooms for rent. Blefouti and Parteni are on the north part of the island. In Partheni is the airport while in Blefouti there is a nice beach and a tavern at the begining of the beach. Kamara is mainly an urban area of Leros between Alinda and Partheni. South of Kamara are the small church of Agios Isidoros and the beaches of Kokali and Gurna.
 Over Panteli and Platanos is the Castle of Virgin Mary from the 11th century BC. The vie from there is fantastic. Over Panteli are the wind mills of Leros recently renovated. Leros in general is an ideal place for holidays away from the package tourism of islands like Santorini or Kos.