Symi Island Day Trip from Rhodes

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Offered in: English
Boat trip
Air-conditioned vehicle
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Overview

The boat departs from tourist port approximately at 09:00. The ship will arrive at Symi Island port after approximately 1+1/2 hour and remains there for 3+1/2 hours. The guests will be having a guided tour along the narrow streets of the village Yalos and the opportunity to visit the local sponges and spices shops. Afterwards the guests can have lunch at traditional restaurants and can have free time to spend on their own, where they can explore the village and take some beautiful photos. Afterwards the ship will sail to the next stop, Panormitis Monastery. They will have about 45 minutes to visit the monastery and also the museum. At 16:45 ship will arrive at Rhodes port and from there coach will transfer the guests back to their accommodation.

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Hotel Entrance, 5 minutes prior to pick up time. Hotel pick up is offered subject to customer's hotel location. In case of property (villa- hotel- airbnb) is not within tour pick up areas, client should meet our group for the tour at the nearest pick up place possible. ... Read more ▼

Itinerary

Panormitis Monastery

The holy Monastery of the Archangel Michael of Panormitis is situated on the southern tip of the island and it majestically stands in the middle of the bay of Panormitis.It is one of the largest shrines of Orthodoxy in the Dodecanese islands, well known all over Greece. It dates back at least to the fifteenth century, while the current single space basilica with cross-chaped domes was built in the 1783. It is a large singlevaulted Basilica whose wooden icon screen is a real masterpiece. The wall paintings from the main church date from 1792. Also notable are the impressive bell tower, the carved screen, the icons (most of the in the Cretan Byzantine style), notice offering and the Panormitis icon. The full figure representation was covered entirely in gold and silver in 1724 at the expense of the captains, clergy and community of Symi. The monastery complex has an Ecclesiastical Museum with rich collections of relics and a Folklore Museum. There is also a Library with post Byzantine manuscripts. It hasalso a hostel for visiting worshippers. The Monastery celebrates on the 8th of November and for Pentecoste.

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The ship will arrive at Symi Island port and the guests will be having a guided tour along the narrow streets of the village Yalos and the opportunity to visit the local sponges and spices shops. Afterwards the guests can have lunch at traditional restaurants and can have free time to spend on their own, where they can explore the village and take some beautiful photos.

4 hours
Mandraki Harbour

Departs from Rhodes port approximately at 09:00 hrs.

30 minutes

Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Comfortable shoes, hat, cameras for photos, enough money for food/ drinks and shopping.
Please note that the boat departs from Tourist Port at 09:00 am

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June 19100% refund

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Fantastic day out

Published on May, 2024

Just stunning!! We booked with Mary at Sigma Travel and that local knowledge was invaluable. Her advice to bring a jacket or something warm for the ferry turned out to be much needed as sailing at 9am it did become quite chilly. Our first stop at Panormitsis for the monastery was beautiful. The coffee in the cafe on the front was by far the best we’ve had all week. Then onto Symi for a 4 hour stop which gave plenty of time to look around the most beautiful of places. Stavros herbs is a local selling all sorts of wonderful herbs and spices, well worth a look and a piece of information given to us by Mary. We stopped for lunch at bar along the front for the best club sandwich either of us has had (€6.50).

Lovely trip

Published on Jun, 2019

We did this trip last week and it was simply lovely. A nice relaxing day with beautiful views. There is a fair bit of time spent on the ferry but it was lovely and clean with plenty of seating. The monastery is a must see and beautiful. If you have time for a bite to eat or a drink I would highly recommend the Panormio Restaurant at the end of the harbour as it is lovely. V clean, great service and great food. It’s run by a family who took it over recently and we loved our hour spent there. It was less busy then the other cafes as it was a couple of hundred metres further to walk but well worth it x

Wow

Published on May, 2019

What a fabulous place. As you turn the corner into the harbour your jaw will drop. It’s just so pretty! Take your camera and enjoy this special place. Plenty of restaurants and little gift shops if that’s what you want or just sit watching the fishermen picking through their net.

An Accidental Delight

Published on Sep, 2018

We spent the night in Rhodes Old Town to take a day cruise to Turkey the next day. There were no boats to Turkey the next day, so we got on what was at dock. We loved walking about Symi and the short stop to the monastery.

stunning

Published on Jul, 2018

we did this trip with TUI and it was stunning, the boat ride is good hour and a half though so this is not a short day trip. we were picked up at 7am from the south of Rhodes Island. The first stop was the panormitis bay, very small not much to do but worth the visit for the view and history. next we went to the biggest harbour, the entrance is really something else! true holiday photo heaven!

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Symi Island Day Trip from Rhodes | 9 hours

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