Visit Leros the best Greek island

Leros, the island of the Greek godess Artemis, is a unique green island with beautiful scenery, lots of vegetation, green trees, valleys, pretty bites and beaches with houses and sights of great architectural style, traditional greek atmosphere and friendly people. Historic and cultural heritage can be seen in everyday day life and by visting Leros you will have unforgettable experiences that are only to be found on the Leros Island.

The island of Leros migh is a small island on the map of the Dodecanese but Leros History is very interesting , dayting back to the Ancient Greece History   and the prehistoric period of Greece. Leros took part in the war of Troy with her ships joining the Greek expedition forces of King Agamemnon. During the Greek war of Independence the Lerians join forces with the rest of Greece to fight the Ottomans. Leros later on was unter Italian occupation until 1943 and unter Germans until the end of the secont world war. Finally became part of Greece in 1948. Since then the island developed financially and many Lerians of the diaspora help Leros.

Today Leros is a popular destination for holidays mostly for Greeks and Italian tourists. The tourim industry of Leros has become competitive to other islands of the Dodecanese, during the last 30 years have been build many luxury Leros Hotels in Alinda, Vromolithos, Xirokampos, Laki and Panteli. Also among other accommodations you will find rooms apartments, studios and a camp site. Leros has a lot of attractions and is mainly an island for family holidays in Greece. Leros does not have a crazy nightlife like the nighife in Kos but there are quite a few bars and clubs in Agia Marina,Panteli, Alinda and Lakki. In Leros you will find fresh fish in the local taverns and you will swimm and dive in beaches of Leros. If we look a Greece map we will notice that leros has an excelent possition for day trips because its located very near to the islands of Patmos, Lipsi, Kalymnos and Kos. Every day there are connections with those islands as well with Rhodes and of cource Athens and Piraeuss. Olympic airlines has daily flights to the island.