Trip Info
Kalymnos for insiders: food & history.
Kalymnos: where the Experience will take place.
Irene Skylla is your Hostess for the whole experience.
Irene has many years of working experience in the hospitality industry, taking tourists along sightseeing tours in Kalymnos and presenting them with the local culture and history.
- Place of Origin: Kalymnos
- Lives in: Kalymnos
- Speaks: English
- Loves: taking care of guests, swimming, reading, history and folklore
- Has Travelled to: Greece, certain European countries
- Personal Traits: hospitable, patient, joyful, sociable
Here’s how we’ll spend the day and what we’ll do together:
1. Walk-about in Kalymnos
Visitors will visit, by car, all the beautiful hotspots on the island, explore the sights worth seeing, and learn the past and current history of the Kalymnian people. Sights visited include the cultural and archaeological museums, the St Savvas Monastery, a stop-over for swimming, and a traditional boat trip to the Vathi fjords. There will be plenty of picture-taking opportunities.
2. Kalymnos history and cuisine
The visitors will spend a lot of time with Irine’s family, preparing and tasting local home-made food delicacies and learning first-hand the intricacies of Kalymnian cuisine. They will also learn the real history of Kalymnian sponge divers, as told by the real protagonists, and indulge themselves in numerous other activities (depending on availability) like diving and climbing.
Group size: 4 persons max
Your adventure awaits!
We have put together an extensive array of authentic Greek experiences all over Greece, that cover your potential preferences. All experiences are carried out by friendly and knowledgeable local hosts. Go beyond typical tours and see how locals live. Explore insider's walk-abouts and off-the-beaten-track routes, meet real people in real life situations, do and learn Greek things, experience Greek culture and civilization. Get behind the tourists' facade of sea, sun, and ancient ruins and spend a day to become part of actual Greek life on a day-to day basis. You'll end up with warm lifetime memories!
