PatMosVillas.com
Title
Romantic Patmos Chora house & beach villa/house for rent, Greek island
Description
About Patmos Island (history, things to do, ...)
Patmos is one of the most beautiful and atmospheric of the Dodecanese Islands, a cluster of Greek islands off the Turkish coast in the eastern Mediterranean's Aegean Sea. Along its lacy coastline are many beaches and small bays, inviting you to explore it. Reached only by ferry, the island is off the beaten track (click photo at left to enlarge).
Patmos also has history. Though it has an ancient Greek temple, Patmos attracts visitors from around the world as the place to which St. John was exiled for preaching the Christian faith in AD95. St. John sheltered in a cave where he had the visions written in the Bible’s Book of Revelations. You can visit his Grotto of the Apocalypse today.
Byzantine emperors built and richly endowed the hill top Monastery of St. John (click photo to enlarge). It possesses an important library and many other treasures besides its church, a place of pilgrimage, and massive fortified buildings towering above the unspoilt old town, Chora. (Chora is the name of the greatest or more important town or village of a Greek island).
Languages
English
