Pátmos, Greece Travel Blogs

Pátmos
Sep 16, 2008

... . We pulled into a bay surrounded by tall, rocky mountains - dry, brown and desolate, dotted with white buildings with arches. Patmos has been a place of pilgrimage ever since the discovery that this small, rocky island is where St. John the Divine is said ...

Ephesus, Kusadasi and Patmos..oh my!
Aug 16, 2009

... docked at Patmos, with no excursion planned, we had gone and got a tender ticket for tender boat number 10 to get onto Patmos. They were calling Tender tickets 1 and 2 whilst we waited patiently..the ticket taker was asking what ticket number we were and I ...

Patmos
Sep 20, 2005 (2 photos)

... the book as John dictated. Another saint, whose name I don't know, has his remains here. He founded a school in Patmos for teachers, and basically helped preserve Greek heritage and culture during the Ottoman occupation. On the roof of the cave, there ...

A little bit of exploring
Nov 20, 1999

Frank's House, Patmos   Ricki:              It is great at night, as Alex said, to just leave our playing cards on the table and not have to pack them up.  Just a little thing like that, ...

Moving Experience
Jul 6, 2008

Very early start today as arrived at Patmos Island first thing in the morning. Took some transfer boats to Patmos then caught a bus to go to the Grotto of the Apocalypse of St John. It is the cave where St John got a visitation from Christ and wrote the ...

Patmos, Greece
Aug 2, 2007 (19 photos)

Patmos, Greece From Lisa: This was a busy day! Patmos in the morning, then the anchor was pulled and we were on the way to Mykonos for the evening. We arrived early on Patmos and got a ride up to the top of the island where the monastery of St. John ...

St. John's Grotto and Monastery
May 9, 2006

Early morning hike way up high on the island of Patmos. Where apparently St. John laid down his head (at the Grotto) to write Revelations. I have no idea what Revelations is actually about because nobody I asked could explain it to me. But apparently it ...

Arriving in Patmos
Nov 19, 1999

... to catch, above the rowdy conversation and raucous laughter of our Greek fellow passengers, the captain's announcement of our arrival at Patmos.  We disembarked at just after 11pm and decided to be adventurous and brave the dark, rocky unknown of the ...

Cave of the Apocalypse
May 30, 2008 (14 photos)

Our cruise ship stopped at the island of Patmos.  The island isn't as attractive as some of the others, but it's interesting because of it's content and claimed history.  Its main attractions are the Cave of the Apocalypse and the ...

The white-washed houses, the beaches...the rain!
May 5, 2009

... a great dinner in Sorrento again with Kat & Dan, nice little family restaurant. The overnight ferry from Italy to Greece was horrible, truly horrible! Definately one of the experiences we want to forget! We went to Mykonos yesterday and it was wet ...

Patmos
Sep 20, 2005 (5 photos)

... we read, Patmos is also famous. I talked Chris into also purchasing some baklava, so we have dinner ready to go! We left Patmos around noon and motored toward Renia - an all nighter. After 11:00 pm we took two-hour watches with Otto keeping us on ...

So your pissed in Patmos!
Sep 2, 2008 (16 photos)

Dad and I had a GREAT time!  More photos to come!!!  FRIDAY!

Mediterrean Cruise- Patmos
Sep 20, 2005 (3 photos)

... and some hand written. There are pages from the oldest copy of Mark from the 5th century there. Seeing the island of Patmos where John stayed was neat. I enjoyed hearing the verses of Revelation read in the original language of Greek that were at ...

Patmos in the Afternoon
Sep 20, 2005 (7 photos)

We disembarked at 4 to Patmos where we visited the Monastery of St. John and we also visited the Grotto of the Revelation. Patmos is an island with 3,000 inhabitants and 15-20,000 in tourist season. We visited the cave where it is thought that John had ...

Patmos and Lipsi
Sep 3, 2007 (9 photos)

  Monday 3rd August, 2007 We arrived in Patmos at 3.00am on the morning of the 30th August, by the time we arrived at the camp site we set up the tent we managed to get to bed, we had a seriously super long day. The ferry left Paros and we had ...

The exile John
Sep 13, 2005

This afternoon we visited Patmos and the cave where St John had received Revelations. In spite of the church being built around it, I was very moved to be there and imagined his isolation and his joy and fearful receiving of the visions. The monastery is ...

Island hopping
Aug 11, 2009

So, here I am in Patmos after visiting Mykonos and Kusadasi.  Don't have long but wanted to let you know that all is going well and I am loving the Greek Islands, although the cruise id definitely just a taste test and I can't wait to get back here at ...

This cruise thing is growing on me
Sep 1, 2009

... . We didn´t spend too long ashore today as though as we had to be back on board by 12 noon to set sail for Patmos. Again we docked in Patmos about mid afternoon. However this time the port was full so we dropped anchor somewhere in cove near the ...

Day 2: Patmos and the Boat
Sep 20, 2005 (2 photos)

We set sail to Patmos, the island where it is believed that John was exiled to somewhere around 95AD. It is believed that John wrote Revelations here while in a cave. We went to the Monastery of St. John and went to the cave where the believe John was. ...

patmos
Aug 10, 2008

 

Apocalyptic Cave
Jul 10, 2009 (2 photos)

dunno much, didnt go. It was too hot and I was Bibled out, so this day did provide some study time, which is a plus in its favor.  However, several of our group did brave the heat and were able to see the most important attraction on the island. ...

Patmos, Dodecanese The Island of St John
May 19, 2009

... take a look at the church, the Treasury and the museum. The Monastery of St. John on the Island of Patmos Greece The Monastery of St. John as it stands today, is a 'must see'. Whenever we go to Patmos ...

Patmos
Aug 31, 1990 (3 photos)

St. John's island

Patmos-Home of the exiled St. John
Jun 26, 2005 (2 photos)

Patmos is small and beautiful(have I used that word too much yet?). It's very close to Turkey. It's where St. John the Divine ( versus Bette Midler the Divine) was sent for his teachings about Christ. He layed in a cave and heard the word of God through a ...

Patmos and Revelation
Jul 10, 2009

The small Greek Island of Patmos was the most emotional experience on our voyage thus far.  We actually visited the cave in Patmos where John was exiled and penned the inspired Book of Revelation.  Words cannot express how special that was.  ...

Patmos
Sep 20, 2005 (2 photos)

Patmos is the smallest of a group of twelve islands. There are only three towns and the entire islands population is only 3,000. We made the two major stops: Cave of the Apocalypse and St. John's Monastery. Both were interesting and both were very Greek ...

Hollywood in Greece
May 16, 2005 (11 photos)

... before. At least we go to bed before dawn. And, I don't buy any rugs. Fourni, Patmos, and Leros Our week in the Greek Islands flies by. We sail, we climb hills, we ...

Christos anesti!
Apr 7, 2007

... almost missed the group meeting at 4pm because we were so relaxed.      We docked at the island of Patmos and jumped off for our final site for school! We saw the cave where the Apostle John allegedly received the book of Revelations ...

Sailing the Aegean
Aug 21, 2006

Sail to the island of Patmos. We landed and took a taxi across the island to "Quiche Beach" where a restaurant there served great quiches and salads- a nice change after many nights of kebabs and Greek salads.

Patmos, Greece
Nov 18, 2009 (15 photos)

... of the Bible. A monastery was built over the location to enshrine the cave as a holy site. Patmos has been declared a holy island by the Parliament of Greece. The morning we arrived at the island the sun was shining and the weather reminded me of fall in ...