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City guide Karpathos

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• Annual Events Feast of the Assumption (August 15th) in Menetes and Olympos. ⁠15 August, the Dormition of Mary, is the main festival on the island, and the census note…

fix pass after the batch check. Reworded Power, Best Hospital and Historic Buildings: the electricity line uses the shared Greek wording without the socket pictogram, the hospital line drops the town and cites an address search for Poseidonos, and the historic-buildings line cites an address search for 25 March street (https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org, https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Greece).

City guide Kalymnos

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €1,400 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €84,000) ⁠Spitogatos asking prices for the second quarter of 2026 average €2,759 per square metre on…
• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €2,000 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €120,000 near beaches) ⁠The August 2026 Spitogatos report gives Kalymnos an island average of €2,759 per square…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €1,300 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €104,000) ⁠Spitogatos asking prices for the second quarter of 2026 average €2,759 per square metre on…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €1,800 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €144,000) ⁠The August 2026 Spitogatos report gives Kalymnos an island average of €2,759 per square…
• Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads Greece Digital Nomad Visa offers 50% income tax reduction for the first 7 years of… ⁠Article 5C exempts 50% of Greek employment income, or income from a business carried on in…
• Best Area to Stay for Tourists Pothia for authentic culture or Vathys for quiet citrus valley vibes. ⁠Massouri is the tourist centre, with Myrties beside it and a view to Telendos. Pothia is…
• Best Beach Nearby Masouri Beach (sandy, views of Telendos) or Platis Gialos (volcanic black sand). ⁠Masouri looks across to Telendos. Platys Gialos has black volcanic sand and is on the map…
• Best Hospital Kalymnos General Hospital 'Vouvalion' in Pothia (+30 22433 61910). ⁠General Hospital and Health Centre of Kalymnos To Vouvaleio, Nikiforou Zervou 22, Pothia…
• Best Taxi/Ride App No Uber/Bolt. Use local Radio Taxi Kalymnos (+30 22430 50300). Pothia to Massouri… ⁠A taxi stand sits in Pothia a few blocks north of the harbour. A ride from Pothia to…
• Bike/Scooter Rental Moto Horizon or Scooter Mania in Massouri; scooters approx. €12-€15/day in March. ⁠Scooters in the tourist areas start at about €10 a day. Roads are mostly asphalted and can…
• Bonfire-Friendly Spots Strictly prohibited in most areas due to fire risk; beachfronts in Vathys occasionally… ⁠Campfires, bonfires and barbecues are banned across Greece from 1 May to 31 October. Call…
• Budget Accommodation Harry's Paradise Garden (Massouri) - approx. €30/night; various climber 'Studios' in… ⁠Harry's Paradise is a garden restaurant with studios in Emborios, not in Massouri…
• Cashless Friendly Yes, law requires card machines (POS), but carry small cash for remote mountain tavernas. ⁠Cards are widely accepted in shops, hotels, and for ferries and flights. Some restaurants…
• Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) Rules Yes, Greece applies CFC rules under EU directives (ATAD). ⁠Yes. Undistributed income of a foreign company is taxed in Greece when a resident owns…
• Corporate Tax 22% (Standard Greek rate for corporations) ⁠22% is the standard corporate income tax rate. Credit institutions that use the…
• Currency & Banking 1 EUR ≈ 1.08 USD. Local banks include National Bank of Greece and Alpha Bank in Pothia. ⁠Euro (EUR). On 22 October 2026 the European Central Bank rate was 1 euro = 1.1205 US…
• Cycling/Walking Paths The 'Italian Road' traverse from Elies to Chora for panoramic views. ⁠The municipality calls the paved trail between the Vathy valley and Pothia the Italian…
• Dividend Withholding Tax 5% ⁠5% withholding on dividends. For an individual, that withholding is the full tax on this…
• Highest Income Tax Bracket 44% (for income over €40,000) ⁠44% applies to employment, pension and business income above €60,000 on the 2026 scale…
• Main Train/Transit Hub Port of Pothia (Ferry terminal connecting to Kos, Rhodes, and Piraeus). ⁠Pothia harbour is the ferry terminal, on the map as Limani Pothia, with boats toward Kos…
• Nearby Nature Escapes Telendos Island - 5 min boat ride for car-free hiking and secluded beaches. ⁠Telendos lies off Myrties. Sky Express says the boat from Myrties takes about 10 minutes…
• Population Approximately 16,000 ⁠The municipality of Kalymnos, including Pserimos, Telendos, Kalolimnos and Plati, had…
• Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C/F sockets ⁠230 V, 50 Hz, Type C and F (Europlug and Schuko).
• Property Tax ENFIA (ranges based on size, age, and location, usually €3-€6 per m² annually). ⁠ENFIA is charged each year on property rights held on 1 January. For an individual it…
• Property Transaction Tax 3.09% Transfer Tax plus notary and registration fees (~5-7% total). ⁠The buyer pays transfer tax at 3% of the taxable value. A municipal levy of 3% of that tax…
• Public Transport Passes Local buses (KTEL Kalymnos) run seasonally; tickets bought on board for €1.50 - €2.50. ⁠Island buses run to the main villages. The travel guide says a short ride is generally €1…
• SIM Card Cosmote (best coverage for remote crags), Vodafone GR, Nova. eSIMs via Airalo work well. ⁠Cosmote, Vodafone and Nova (formerly Wind) sell prepaid SIMs, and you need a passport or…
• Scenic Viewpoints Profitis Ilias - the highest point on the island (676m) overlooking the Dodecanese. ⁠Prophitis Ilias, 676 metres, is the highest point on the island. The municipality…
• Short Term Rentals Airbnb, Booking.com, and local sites like Kalymnos-Rentals.com (approx. €40-€70/night in… ⁠The travel guide lists Archontiko Hotel on the Pothia harbour at €25 for a single and €35…
• Street Food Stalls Yiro-Yiro (Pothia) for the best pork or chicken gyros (~€4.50). ⁠A pita gyros in the tourist area is about €4. Half a litre of local beer is about €2 to…
• Studio Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €1,600 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €64,000 in Pothia) ⁠Spitogatos asking prices for the second quarter of 2026, reported in August 2026, average…
• Studio Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €2,200 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €88,000 in Massouri/climbing area) ⁠The same Spitogatos island average for the second quarter of 2026 is €2,759 per square…
• Tap Water Not recommended for drinking; most residents buy 1.5L bottled water (approx. €0.50) or use… ⁠Drinkable in most places a tourist visits. On small islands it often tastes poor, because…
• Tax System Worldwide income basis for residents; Greece has a 50% tax break for 7 years for… ⁠Residents are taxed on worldwide income. Tax residence depends on physical presence in…
• Top International Airline Ryanair/EasyJet to Kos (KGS), then a 30-45 min ferry (Aemiliana or Kalymnos Star) to… ⁠Sky Express lists a Tel Aviv to Kalymnos (JKL) fare. Kos airport (KGS) has summer low-cost…
• Top Regional Airline Sky Express or Olympic Air (flights from Athens to KLY). ⁠Sky Express flies to Kalymnos Island National Airport (JKL), including from Athens, Kos…
• VAT 24% (Standard rate; reduced 13% for some foods / 6% for medicines) ⁠The national rates are 24%, 13%, 6% and 4%. From 1 January 2026 Kalymnos is on the tax…

fix pass after the batch check. The taxi item now takes the +30 22430 50300 number from the island transport page, because the airline page no longer prints it; the airport item now says a few kilometres from Pothia near Argos instead of in Argos, on the travel guide and Wikipedia wording; the ferry hub item says Athens instead of Piraeus, the name the travel guide uses. Census, hotel, bus, scooter, gyros, hospital, hiking, house-price, prepaid and exchange-rate pages re-opened, all confirmed (https://kalymnos-isl.gr/en/information/transportation).