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| The Monastery at the high point of the island of Patmos. |
Today, Tuesday July 15, we are visiting the island of Patmos. Our walk in the morning was through the whitewashed and very narrow streets that twist around the top of the highest hill on the island. At the very top is a monastery, but our tour didn’t visit it. (The other tour did visit it.) Patmos is famous for its role in early Christianity, and did not appear much in the history of ancient Greece.
We mainly looked around at the streets, the views out to sea — very picturesque — and a brief stop in an old mansion and a small church. The old mansion was like a hoarder house: crammed with miscellaneous collectibles from several different time periods. Our real interest is the ancient Greek ruins in these islands, and we hope the other days of the tour will provide more access to such ruins.
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| The National Geographic/Lindblad Orion, our ship. |
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| Windmills. |
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| The small Greek Orthodox church. |
Blog post and photos © 2025 mae sander
2 comments:
Beautiful scenic photo! I love the windmills, the bell and view of the monastery. Great shot of your ship! Have a great day!
There is real magic in these ancient places. I think I'd like to go in winter when the skin-crisping temperatures have receded for another year.
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