Kalymnos Island - GREECE |
KALYMOS ISLAND - GREECE
The first thing that comes to mind when one talks about
Kalymnos is the sponges. The island has been known for these
for about 500 years now, and is a must when it comes to
buying souvenirs. Every spring, the fishermen leave the
island after festivities, and after five months they return,
which again is a reason for great celebrations. The sponges
today are taken from the coast of North Africa.
The island itself is a popular holiday resort, and even
though island with mostly pebble beaches, people often
choose to return summer after summer. There are lots of
things to do, you have many facilities and the settings are
beautiful in a dramatic, mountainous way.
People here live off fishing and selling sponges, tourism
and some farming: fruits, olives and vegetables are grown in
the valleys. There are also beekeepers here and Kalymnos
honey is known in all of Greece. The people of Kalymnos have
a different and strong dialect from the other inhabitants of
the Dodecanese some they say that it is due to their Doric
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