The island is beautiful, you want to walk and look at the beautiful streets with cute houses, it is interesting to hear about the outstanding personalities who lived on the island at different times. We visited the church of St. Nicholas - he lived on the island. We had lunch at a cafe by the sea, unfortunately there were only a few hours to visit, ideally to stay for a few days to explore and consider everything. The island is large, there is bicycle rental, there are electric car tours

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Юлия Литвинова

Level 6 Local Expert

I went on 7.07.25 and it was quite hot. On Monday at 9:40, I was already on the ferry to the island. It was quite cool in the morning, there was a wind on the water. I left at 6:15 p.m., because I was afraid there would be a lot of people. That was basically enough time for me. The first thing I decided to do was have a doner lunch. (200+60 kola), then rented a bike for a day (300 lire; 1 hour -100 lire). First we had to get used to the horse, there was also a basket in front) I got to the paid parking (60lr) you can also sit there with a beautiful view and have a picnic (to buy food in advance at the store only), I was just passing through, watched the views, lay in a hammock. Then she moved on along the large bicycle ring. I stopped by to see the monastery of St. George + an observation deck. But it is necessary to climb uphill ~ 800m (we park the bike for 30 lire and stomp), it is impossible to do this with a bike. Some people will get there in 15-25 minutes, others a little longer, it's very difficult. They let you into the monastery for free. After that, I drove on, and there were amazing views along the way!!! Stopped every 5 minutes. Around 17 o'clock I got there and handed over my bikes, walked around the area, bought an ice cream 100 lire, drank an ice latte (220 lire, it was delicious). I looked into a store with silver jewelry, but there were questions about the stones in the products (it costs from 580-900 lire in general, the price is normal, but I had to live on something else for a day), I decided to stomp for a ticket for the way back. Overall, I'm very happy, it seems that I need at least another day.

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Наталья И.

Level 10 Local Expert

It's a very big contrast after the bustling streets of Istanbul on the mainland. It is green here, there are no cars (only electric cars and cars of municipal services of the city). You can rent a bicycle. We decided to walk and were not mistaken: the terrain there is hilly and every now and then there were people pushing a bike uphill. Lots of cozy cafes.

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