Informations about Lipsi
Geographical & Historical Outline of Lipsi
This is a small group of islets at the northern part of the Dodecanese of which Lipsi is the largest and the only inhabited.
It lies between Patmos and Leros and has an area of 16 square kilometers.
Around the main island, 24 islets and 6 rocky peaks make up an impressive island group.
Its history is shared with that of the rest of the Dodecanese islands.
Lipsi seems to have been inhabited from pre-historic times until today.
The first inhabitants of the island were Kares, Dorians and Ionians.
For five hundred years, beginning in the reign of the Byzantine emperor Alexios Komninos, the small island was under the absolute control of the monastery on Patmos.
During the Greek War of Independence of 1821, its isolated position made it a suitable refuge for the insurgents and it became an outpost for Greek ships in their clashes with the Turkish fleet.
Informations about Lipsi
GETTING TO LIPSI
Lipsi is connected with Piraeus (travel time 10 hours approximately), with Rhodes, Kos, Kalymnos (by hydrofoil), Patmos and Leros islands.
USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS
- Lipsi Port Authority
Tel: + 30 22470 41133
- Port Authority of Piraeus
Tel: + 30 210 4226000
- First Aid
Tel: + 30 22470 41204
- Municipality of Lipsi
Tel: + 30 22470 41209
Tel: + 30 22470 41333
lipsi.gov.gr
- Police Station
Tel: + 30 22470 41222
- Post Office
Tel: + 30 22470 41249
- Tourist Accommodation Association
Tel: + 30 22470 41238
