Karpathos Hotels & Studios: Where to Stay

Petra House stands 700 metres from Pigadia Port and offers an outdoor pool and self-catering accommodation with free WiFi. It has air conditioning, a patio and a terrace, a full kitchen with an oven and refrigerator, and a private bathroom with a bath and shower, all with a pool view. In the grounds are a garden, barbecue facilities and free parking.

The recently constructed Dilina Studios sit in the coastal village of Arkasa and comprise 15 double or triple studios. Each has a fully equipped kitchenette with refrigerator, air conditioning, a safety deposit box, satellite TV and a private sea-view balcony. Guests share a spacious lobby with satellite TV and a home cinema, and an all-day bar serving coffee, drinks and cocktails, with a veranda for the sunset.

Seaside Studios is a small complex of six studios for 2, 3 or 4 people, 1 kilometre from the village of Arkasa and 80 metres from Agios Nikolaos beach, chosen as one of the cleanest beaches in Greece. The beach has restaurants, shops and a mini-market, and the bus stop is a 3-minute walk away. Each studio has a TV and a kitchenette with a fridge and oven, set in a garden, and the reasonable prices bring many visitors back each year.

Maria Studios and Apartments in Amopi consist of 6 studios of 30 m² and 2 apartments of 50 m², surrounded by a 4,000 m² garden with sea and mountain views. The apartments sleep 5 people and the studios 4, and there is a swimming pool and barbecue facilities in the garden, where the owners grill for guests on request.

This detached holiday house sits near Volada in the middle of an 1,100 m² olive grove, built in 2005 in Greek style. The house is 70 m² and suits 4 people, with two bedrooms of two 2.20-metre beds each and room for a fifth person, plus a 50 m² terrace with a pergola looking toward the sea in the distance.

Blue Horizon Studios enjoy a peaceful location a 10-minute stroll from Lefkos village and close to Potali Bay, with air-conditioned studios 300 metres from the gently sloping beach. Each has a fully equipped kitchen and a spacious terrace with views of the bay and Lefkos. The shallow waters of Potali Bay are good for paddling and swimming, and taverns, restaurants and mini-markets are a short walk away.

The Sunrise Hotel is a 2-star hotel in Pigadia, the main town of Karpathos, with panoramic sea views over Karpathos bay from private balconies. It stands 300 metres from the town centre and 50 metres from the sandy beach. Guests can relax in the air-conditioned lounge, which serves a buffet breakfast, cocktails and drinks from the bar.

Hotel Irini is a base for windsurfing and swimming, a 5-minute drive from the airport with free transport on arrival and departure. It has 4 buildings with 30 rooms on the waterfront in the centre of the windsurfing bay, 15 minutes by car from Pigadia. There is a cocktail bar and TV area, an indoor-outdoor restaurant, a windsurfing school with equipment rental, a beach snack bar and volleyball.

Thalassa Suites sit 50 metres from the beach in a garden in Afiartis village, offering self-catering accommodation with free WiFi and bars and restaurants within 50 metres. All air-conditioned units have Aegean Sea views, Cocomat mattresses and a kitchenette with microwave and refrigerator. Karpathos Airport is 1.5 kilometres away, Pigadia Port 12 kilometres and Karpathos Town 17 kilometres, with an airport shuttle on request and free parking.

Arkasa Palace stands in the coastal village of Arkasa, 16 kilometres from Pigadia, in a green region with beaches and historical monuments. On the hill of Paleokastro lie the remains of ancient Arkasa and the 5th-century church of Saint Anastasia, whose mosaic floor is now in the museum of Rhodes, with the monasteries of Saint Sofia and Ypapanti nearby. Guests can swim at the beaches of Agios Nikolaos and Agios Georgios.

Alona Luxury Villas stand 150 metres from Agios Nikolaos beach and 500 metres from Arkasa village, 9.7 kilometres from Pigadia Port, with a tennis court and free WiFi. The self-catering studios and maisonettes each have a TV, air conditioning and a terrace with Aegean Sea views, a full kitchen with microwave and refrigerator, and a private bathroom.

Archipelagos Hotel Apartments in Arkasa lie directly on the sea, a small complex of nine large rooms for 2 to 6 people, some with a sea view. Arkasa is in the south-west of the island opposite the island of Kasos, about a 10-minute drive from the port. Each apartment has a kitchen and air conditioning, and the hotel has a reception, a large garden and parking, with restaurants, shops and car rental close by.

Dorana Studios in Diafani consist of 9 studios of different sizes for 2, 3 or 4 people, with one that suits 6. Every studio has a private balcony with a sea view, a hotplate and a refrigerator, 50 metres from the sea and 200 metres from the port, with restaurants, bars and tavernas close by and a small supermarket on the ground floor. Diafani is the harbour in the north of Karpathos, not far from the traditional village of Olympos.

The Kyra Panagia Hotel sits on one of the most beautiful beaches of Karpathos, the beach of Kyra Panagia, with 20 studios for 2-3 people and 10 apartments for 2-4. Each has a kitchen with a refrigerator and a veranda or balcony with a sea view, and the hotel has a lounge bar, a swimming pool, a children's playground, an outside bar and a mini-market. Breakfast is included, and the hotel is open from 1 May to 31 October.

Olympos Studios stand in Amopi in the south of Karpathos, 6 kilometres from the airport and port and within 100 metres of the sea. This small family hotel has 4 large studios and 1 apartment, near a bus stop, restaurants and shops, a 10-minute walk from the beaches of Kastelia and Amopi. Each studio and apartment has a large porch or balcony over the sea; the studios suit two adults with a child and the apartment sleeps 5.

Golden Sun Apartments feature a pool with a sun terrace and a snack bar, 700 metres from sandy Arkasa beach. The property offers self-catering studios and apartments with a balcony or patio over the Aegean Sea, tiled floors and wooden furnishings, a kitchenette with a fridge and a seating area, plus satellite TV. Continental and American breakfast is served daily, and sun loungers line the pool.