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Kalymnos, is an island in the Aegean Sea and is one of the twelve in the
Dodecanese Islands of Greece. Kalymnos is known as the sponge fishers’ island since a
large portion of the population is engaged to this age-old population. Kalymnos’ capital is
Pothia found in 1850 by the inhabitants of Horio; the old capital of Kalymnos. Kalymnos
has other charming villages, like Vathi, set in a fertile valley full of orange trees, and
Metohi, on the southeast side of the island. ... Kalymnos’ climbing places, archaeological places, nightlife, beaches and food delicacies make tourists flock the island every summer.
Kalymnos is well known for its mountains and the climbing paradise it can offer
to climbers from all over the world [Interview]. ... In Kalymnos there are more than 20 areas with 200 pitches from F4c to F8a, from the beautiful west coast of Pothia to Emporios. ...
Kalymnos has a lot of archaeological places that someone can see. ... Also there is the Church of Christ of Jerusalem which was built on the site of an ancient Temple of Apollo by the Byzantine emperor Arcadius to give thanks for his life, after a great storm forced him to anchor ship in Kalymnos on his way home from Jerusalem. ...
The biggest tradition that Kalymnos has is the celebration of the Easter. Mountains on the east and the west side of the island surround Kalymnos. ... They begin the dynamites, and Kalymnos is shaky. ...
The beaches in Kalymnos are what make some people to come to the island in the summer. ... All the beaches in Kalymnos have a club or restaurant right on the beach so people can go spend the whole day in the beach and consecutively eat and have fun [Interview].
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