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Lipsi

Lipsi, Leipsoi or Lipso is a Greek island of the Dodecanese to the south of Samos and north of Leros. It is a green and authentic island where cars are rare. According to legend, Ulysses would have met the beautiful Calypso.

Lipsi is the only island to be inhabited in a mini-archipelago consisting of a main island of about 16 km2 surrounded by 25 islets of a few tens of square meters. The highest point has an altitude of 277 meters. Today a protected nature reserve project is being set up under the aegis of Europe and partly financed by donors in Vroulia Bay in the north.

In the capital, Lipsi, you will find several churches with blue domes, the most dominant being the church of Agios Ioannis. There is also a small museum with archaeological finds and icons.

Kimissi Mountain was a hiding place for the hermits. You will find a church dating from the 16th century dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Most of the isolated and protected bays like Moschato Bay in the north of this island have been used by fish farming.

One of the most popular sandy beaches is Platis Gialos, located in a sheltered bay with clear water.

Two other beaches frequented by tourists are Katsadia, a sandy beach to the south and Koklakoura which is a large bay with a pebble beach.

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