Sheltered bays and striking Italian Art-Deco architecture from its 1930s naval past.
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About Léros
Léros is a green, deeply indented island whose sheltered bays made it an important naval base — first for the Italians in the 1930s, who left behind a remarkable town of Art-Deco and Rationalist architecture at…
Highlights
Don’t miss
Lakkí’s architecture
An entire 1930s Italian planned town of curved Art-Deco and Rationalist buildings.
Town & villages
Plátanos & Pandéli
The hillside capital below its castle, running down to the fishing cove of Pandéli.
Don’t miss
Castle of Panagía
A Byzantine-Venetian castle crowning the island, lit up at night.
Beaches
Calm bays
Sheltered swimming at Alínda, Kríthoni and Vromólithos.
Food & drink
Local tables
A genuinely local food scene around the harbours, away from the crowds.
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