How to Get to Symi from Rhodes: Ferries, Day Trips and the Stop at Panormitis
Getting to Symi from Rhodes: daily boats all year, crossings from 45 minutes, the operators on the route, day trips with three hours in Symi town or a stop at Panormitis Monastery, and how to plan a day or a longer stay on the island.
Symi Town Guide: Gialos Harbour, the Kali Strata and Horio
Exploring Symi town: the harbour of Gialos and its 1881 clock tower, the neoclassical mansions built on sponge wealth, the Kali Strata's roughly 500 steps up to Horio, the Archaeological Museum, the Knights' castle, and the history from the Knights of St John to the 1945 surrender signed on Symi.
Panormitis Monastery and Symi's Beaches: The Archangel's Bay, St George's Cove and the Taxi-Boats
Visiting the monastery of Archangel Michael at Panormitis — its 15th-century katholikon, silver-and-gold icon, two museums and bottle offerings — and Symi's beaches, from the pebble cove of Agios Georgios Dysalona under a 300 m cliff to Nanou, Marathounta, Pedi and Nos.