Greek island cruising aboard Mikros Kosmos II

Mikros Kosmos II is a comfortable and attractive 22.6 metre long traditional wooden motor sailer, built specifically for chartering these waters in affordable style

With her reliable diesel engines and experienced crew, you can explore the bays and discover the delights of Greek island cruising with complete confidence

Itineraries are flexible, starting from either Kos or Rhodes as both are conveniently located for air links. You can choose from several islands in the Dodecanese group. If you are familiar with these islands, you probably have your own preferences and ideas. Whether you do a handful of islands in depth or see as many as time permits is up to you
 
Usually a day consists of weighing anchor shortly after breakfast and cruising for several hours to a suitable anchorage. After lunch, the afternoon can be spent swimming, snorkelling, leisure fishing, windsurfing, hiking and exploring the delights ashore with our inflatable runabout. In the evening, the tavernas await you

We are happy to advise you and provide you with more details. Please note, while it is possible to visit the Turkish coast, the harbour and administrative costs involved are very high and would have to be met by you

 Below is a sampler of some of the places you could visit

Kos & Rhodes

Start in one and finish in the other, or return to where you started. It's up to you and your flight arrangements

Both islands offer old towns, Crusader ruins and other places worth seeing as well as interesting shopping

If you go to Kos, make sure you visit the giant plane tree where, according to legend, Hippocrates practiced medicine

Her layout is generous, with eight twin-berth cabins, each with private shower/WC, a spacious afterdeck for wining and dining and all that is necessary to entertain you and your friends or family

For an additional charge we can arrange SCUBA facilities

Mikros Kosmos Deck Plans
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Leaving Halki

Sunset in Kos

Harbour-front in Symi

Symi

With its picture-perfect pastel Neo-Classical houses clinging to the harbour and its rocky coastline hiding tiny beaches only accessible from the sea, Symi has many surprises to offer the traveller

One of the more populous of the smaller islands, it has a lively nightlife in the summer, including a three-month long cultural festival

There are many tavernas along the waterfront where you can enjoy your evening meal

Nisyros

A richly cultivated volcanic island with olive, almond and citrus groves, climbing in terraces to the cones of the extinct volcanoes
An excursion from the picturesque harbour of Mandraki up to the craters with their spectacular views is not to be missed.

This is an island of tremendous interest to conservationists and geologists alike

Inside the volcano on Nisyros

Street in Nisyros

Small chapel on Alimnia

Alimnia

A small, rocky island  just a few hundred metres opposite Halki, inhabited by only a couple of shepherds and goatherds

Ideal for an impromptu BBQ or picnic

Tilos

Almost forgotten by time and all the more attractive for being off the usual tourist route, the pace of life in Tilos reflects its sleepy, timeless air.  

The island is well known among the Dodecanese for the excellence of its fresh produce which the islanders export to the other less fertile islands in the group

Beach at Livadia

Monastery of Saint John

Patmos

This is where St John the Divine wrote his 'Revelations of the Apocalypse'

This is an inspiring spot, even for those who are not religiously inclined, as the scenery is quite breath-taking

Halki

This is one of Greece's better kept secrets. Lying off the coast of Rhodes, it too is off the usual tourist route

Enjoy an ouzo at sunset among  the locals at the waterfront cafeneon and experience the traditional Greek lifestyle

If you have ever wanted to pit your wits in an authentic game of backgammon, this could be the opportunity

Waterfront at Halki

Church in Kalymnos

Kalymnos

Famous throughout Greece as the island of the Sponge Divers, the island's capital, Pothia, is a lively, working port

The waterfront features many cafés and tavernas, magically tinted at dusk, while behind the port authentic Greek houses in blues and greens line the narrow, winding streets

Temple of Apollo, Rhodes

These are only a few of the islands that comprise the Dodecanese group

If you are interested in a particular field such as Byzantine or Crusader  history, religion, architecture, geology, botany etc. we can try to suggest an itinerary which encompasses your particular field 

If you would like to know more about our Dodecanese island cruises, then please contact us by phone or fax:
+ 30 246 72755

You can also send us e-mail: 
symi-vis@otenet.gr

U.K. contact:
Telephone Ernest on  0044 1622 726 294
or email for a colour brochure: COKEHURST@aol.com

 Last updated on Wednesday, February 19, 2003

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