Mandraki
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The Verdict
The harbour of Nisyros: white houses in a ring round the bay, with a monastery built into the rock above it.
Why go
Mandraki is the port and the main village: white houses in a curve around the bay, a waterfront of tavernas, black-sand beaches on either side, and the monastery of Panagia Spiliani on the rock above, built into a cave with the sea below it. Boats to Kos and the trips up to the crater leave from the quay, and everything on the island is within twenty minutes by road.
Understand the place
The main village and port of Nisyros, built round a bay at the northwest corner of the island under the monastery of Panagia Spiliani.
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