Karpathos Island Information

Karpathos island is situated between Rhodos and Crete and belongs to the Dodecanese complex, which means "the twelve islands". Apart from the capital of Karpathos which is formerly called Pigadia there are ten main villages with approximately 7.000 people in total. Many of the locals have immigrated to the USA , Canada and Australia for economic reasons in 70’s and 80’s. Most of them come back regularly vacation which brings the population to higher numbers. Although the touristic development in last year’s Karpathos remains an island small numbers of tourists visiting each year most of them visiting the island for more than one time.

Karpathos morphology is a long and narrow island with diverse faces. The southern part of the island is mostly flat with moderate hills and sandy beaches. The northern part of Karpathos is characterized by the island's highest mountain range, Mount Kali Limni(Good Lake). Furthermore, one can find himself in mountain sides, full of pine trees which are extend nearby golden, or pebble and sandy beaches.