About Lipsi
Small, relatively low and fertile for the Dodecanese, Lipsi is likely to satisfy rather than excite the island walker. Its scale means that you could walk every metre in a fortnight, but it would be an enjoyable fortnight; walks end in idyllic little bays and coves, transport back to the one village is possible from most outlying areas, and a scattering of wedding-cake churches, farms and little treats will reward your efforts.
With enough groundwater for some agriculture, noticeably vines, olives, figs and tomatoes, and a small but sustainable tourist industry, it seems reasonably comfortable.
Lipsi offers
- Sandy beaches and coves, some with facilities and return transport
- a Byzantine chapel with an unusual, and so it’s said, miraculous icon
- a revered chapel to 5 local martyrs
- a hermitage with a spring
- a strange obelisk
- a fish farm, a number of sandy bays and secluded beaches, though most lack shade
- day boat links to a number of islets and larger islands such as ecclesiastical Patmos and Italianate Leros
