My man and I spent a lovely week in Greece, on the island Karpathos. This is a small island between Crete and Rhodes, 6 thousand Greeks live here. While tourism is a main form if income for this island, it is underdeveloped compared to the larger islands. So no disco’s, large boulevards and big all-inclusive resorts. But very nice people, great food, and beautiful nature.

I made about 1400 photos during this week, and while I am not going to share all of them with you, my selection of favourites is way too large for one post. So I’ll have a post-heavy week, spreading the photos over a few posts, and I will start with an overview of the island. We stayed in the town Amoopi, which is located at a bay with some (big!) rocks scattered along the coast, creating a stunning scene. The photo below was made from our patio. I know, you must be jealous… 🙂

The same bay, but early in the morning, and from a higher viewpoint. The buildings in front belong to the hotel where we stayed:

I just couldn’t get enough of these rocks, in different kind of lights, with sun, with clouds, before sunrise, after sunrise, etc. I hope you’ll forgive me… The next few photo’s show the view looking North.

And the view looking South:

Of course we spent some time on the beach, or in the water. Some of the beaches have sand, most have gravel (which is best for snorkelling, as the water is clearer). A few photos showing the beach, and the stairs that you have to descend to get there:

We spent a lot of time relaxing, but I did manage to see a bit more of the island. The capital is Pigadia, a small town with a little harbour:

The landscape mainly consists of mountains, olive tree orchards and yellow corn fields. But although dry, there are still flowers and herbs to be found. I did a walking excursion where we walked through the dry river bed shown in the photo below. This path was flanked by oleander bushes.

I must admit that I was surprised by the beauty and the colors of Karpathos’ landscape. I expected it to be dry, monotonous, maybe slightly boring. But it inspired me, and that’s why I couldn’t stop making photos. I hope you enjoy these, more to come!

Thanks for reading!