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September 5th, 2005, 04:12 PM
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Symi Island - Bringing Greeks and Turks closer
Well here is a short photo presentation of the beautiful island of Symi .
After the play in greek and turkish television of the very popular TV serial - love story of Nazli and Nikos - (some episodes of the serial were filmed in the island ) the island has become more attractive to many new visitors who were amazed by the beauty of this quite uknown island. ΣΥΜΗ - SYMI Symi is located in the Southern Dodecanese, north of Rhodes and close to the coast of south-west Turkey. Symi is just over 13 km north/south and about 8 km east/west with an area of some 68 square km.  Symi is divided into distinctive areas - Yialos is the main harbour. Chorio, literally 'village', is the top town. Pedi Bay is the valley below Chorio, south of Yialos. Nimborios is the bay and settlement to the north of Yialos. There is a small settlement at Marathounda and a major Monastery complex at Panormitis. The interior, a forested plateau with many spectacular views, can be visited by car or bike on the recently refurbished road from Symi town to Panormitis. There are also many interesting walks and guided walks can be arranged through tour operators in Yialos or walking guides can be purchased from the Symi visitor office. SHort historical reference Symi's recorded history goes back as far as the Trojan Wars (1120 BC) and its past is chequered, with a series of invaders, beginning with the Dorians from the Pelponnese (6th-7th century), the Romans, some two or three hundred years afterwards, the Turks (1522-1912) and the Italians (from 1912 until World War 2). Symi then became a strategically important island and was subsequently invaded - and bombed - by both the Axis and the Allies during each others' occupations. Finally, in 1947, Symi along with the rest of the Dodecanese islands became part of the Greek nation. At its height - before the Italian occupation - Symi was a thriving island with a population of more than 22,000. It was renowned for its boat-building, sponge-fishing, wine-making, its wood-carvers and icon-painters and the outstanding educational quality of its schools.                 
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September 5th, 2005, 04:38 PM
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its a small paradise, look the blue of the water
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September 5th, 2005, 04:45 PM
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My family went there 2 years ago, they liked the island very much!
 It's also very close to our summer house in Datça so it's a big possibility that i'll visit that island soon...  Cheers... |
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September 5th, 2005, 05:06 PM
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i visited simi last month..we have a house close to datca, and it takes like 20 minutes to get there by boat..it was very nice, and there were alot of Turks there..
also alot of Greek people from simi are coming to datca to shop at the local bazaar which gets set up at the weekends.. |
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September 5th, 2005, 09:43 PM
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wonderful pictures... I know a person from here... thanks for ths thread
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September 5th, 2005, 10:36 PM
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We know how to enjoy life, don't we
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September 6th, 2005, 12:10 AM
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I definetely want to visit all of the Dodecanissa. Symi looks breathtaking!!
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for the Pelasgians, too, were a Greek nation originally from the Peloponnesus The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...assus/1B*.html Macedonia, of course, is a part of Greece". Strabo, VII, Frg. 9 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...ragments*.html But north of the gulf, the first inhabitants are Greeks called Epirotes.... Procopius http://books.google.com/books?id=9m6...page&q&f=false |
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September 6th, 2005, 03:12 PM
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Excellent thread
And what a lovely island!!!
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September 6th, 2005, 11:27 PM
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It really looks fantastic, definately in my to visit list now!
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September 6th, 2005, 11:49 PM
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Do you know how to go there from Turkey?
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September 7th, 2005, 06:20 PM
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 takes like 20 minutes to get there from datca by boat..
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September 7th, 2005, 06:37 PM
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What kind of boats?
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Winter schedules DATCA ---> SYMI Every Saturday at 16:00 SYMI ----> DATCA Every Saturday at 08:30 The transportation is with a CAIQUE
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September 8th, 2005, 12:25 PM
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Efxaristo file... But only one boat for the week??? |
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September 19th, 2005, 05:02 PM
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Some more pics of Symi :
           
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All the Turks on here talk of sailing from datcha, this is it:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...ighlight=datca |
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October 30th, 2007, 03:55 PM
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Looks like a great place to vacation.
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October 30th, 2007, 11:58 PM
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Not sure, but many Turkish day-tripers take the boat from there to Simi. Looks very close to the island, so i wondered if it would be as pretty as the Turks said. However it looks a bit new and bland. The bazaar sounds fun though. As the thread title says, this island definitely brings Greeks and Turks together.
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