Astypalaia Island is famous for its natural beauty and history.
Discover attractions of the Greek islands, mainland and metropolis. Apart from archaeological sites, monuments and museums, did you know that you can visit some of the most amazing monuments of geological interest in the word? Don't miss the chance to visit the Petrified Forest of Lesvos and Meteora in Thessaly, Central Astypalaia Island!
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese The Venetian Castle carries the coat of arms of the homonymous family.
Architecturally, the castle belongs to the fortified type of abode in which the external walls of the houses form a wall with small windows that function... View More
Agia Varvara Christian Basilica Church
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese This church is built on a hill, on the ruins of an early Christian Basilica (5th century) with excellent mosaics; it even has an ionic capital column at the lintel of the chapel. In the church yard we find monolithic columns and... View More
Agia Varvara Christian Basilica Church
Agios Georgios Church
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese This is one of the two churches that are inside the Castle. Built in 1790, it has an impressive wood-carved temple. All white, with an azure dome, like the other church inside the castle, Evaggelistria, it creates quite an impression,... View More
Agios Georgios Church
Agios Nikolaos Church
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese At a short distance from Pera Gialos we find the church of Agios Nikolaos.
It has a yard and a majestic light blue dome.
The church’s feast takes place on 6 December. View More
Agios Nikolaos Church
Analipsi Chapel
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese The chapel is the oldest in the settlement of Maltezana. View More
Analipsi Chapel
Archaeological Museum of Astypalaia
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese The island’s Archaeological Museum was inaugurated in September 1998.
The ground-floor hall it is housed in was a grant to the Hellenic Ministry of Culture by the Ecclesiastical Charity Fund of Astypalaia in 1994.
The museum’s... View More
Archaeological Museum of Astypalaia
Castle of Agios Ioannis
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese It is located opposite the monastery of the same name. It was a natural fortress and it had a secret exit to the nearby hill. It is there that the inhabitants took refuge during the difficult years of pirate raids in the 7th century.... View More
Castle of Agios Ioannis
Cave of the Dragon
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese This is one of the three renowned caves of the island (the other two are the Negro’s Grotto in the area of Vatses and the Cave of Panagia Poulariani in Analipsi or Maltezana).
It is located on the northern side of the island,... View More
Cave of the Dragon
Ecclesiastical Museum of Astypalaia
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese Astypalaia’s Ecclesiastical Museum, which houses a significant collection of old, rare icons, is located in a building next to Panagia Portaitissa.
Open daily from 18:30 to 20:30. View More
Ecclesiastical Museum of Astypalaia
Evaggelistria Church
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese This is one of the two churches located inside the Venetian Castle. This church is at the entrance of the Castle and was built in 1853. Its majestic bell-tower is truly impressive. All-white, with an azure dome, like the other... View More
Evaggelistria Church
Infant Cemetery
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese South of the Chora, in the Kylindra area, we find the only infant cemetery in the world with 2.758 burials in clay vessels, of mostly new-born babies. During ancient times this was a common method of burying infants, in vessels,... View More
Infant Cemetery
Megali Panagia Church
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese This church is part of a complex of five churches, which create a unique picture against the backdrop of the sea.
In the yard, visitors can admire the lovely pebbled floor. View More
Megali Panagia Church
Monument of French Admiral Bisson
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese Near Schinondas, at the top of a peninsula, we come across the monument of Admiral Bisson.
Admiral Bisson was a leader in the 18th century battle against the pirates. In 1827, due to an intense storm, he moored into Maltezana,... View More
Monument of French Admiral Bisson
Nigger’s Grotto Cave
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese In the area of Vatses we find one of the island’s three caves (the other two are the cave of the Dragon at Vathy and the cave of Panagia Poulariani in Analipsi). It is called ‘the Nigger’s Grotto’ and it has beautiful... View More
Nigger’s Grotto Cave
Panagia Flevariotissa Monastery
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese Panagia Flevariotissa is built on the hollow of a hill-side. Part of the church is built inside a cave, while the structure has been completed with a Byzantine type edifice. The church was a centre of worship in ancient times.
It... View More
Panagia Flevariotissa Monastery
Panagia Portaitissa Church
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese The church of Panagia Portaitissa dominates the scene, high up on the Chora. It is located in Rodia village, on the foothills of the Venetian castle, and was established by Saint Anthimos in the middle of the 18th century.
Its... View More
Panagia Portaitissa Church
Panagia Poulariani Cave
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese It is one of the island’s three caves (the others are the Nigger’s grotto in the area of Vatses and the Cave of the Dragon at Vathy).
You will come across it on your way to Vathy. There you will find the chapel of Panagia... View More
Panagia Poulariani Cave
Talaras Baths
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese In the late-roman baths of Talaras, visitors can admire the edifices of the bathing place as well as the Hellenistic mosaics, one of a kind in Greece, with azure and brick shades and an interesting composition, themed around the... View More
Talaras Baths
Windmills of Astypalaia
Astypalaia Island, Astypalaia Island, Dodecanese View More