This is gorgeous Symi Harbor. We stayed here for just one night, enjoying a hike up to the water towers above the city and then a fabulous meal in one of the old tavernas by the docks.

The Neoclassical architecture in Symi is very striking.

Ruins and boulders and villas jostle for space on the steep hills.

Here’s the view from the water towers above the city. In the foreground is Sea Squill [Drimia maritima], an onion-like plant that grows on the rocks.

The gulets and schooners in Symi harbor seemed to carry us back in time.

We had ten courses of delicacies at Pantelis, an amazing restaurant just a few steps from our gulet. (Everything was delicious, including the little green crunchy things that I thought were green beans, until I realized they had eyes.)

Symi is so beautiful! We would love to go back someday.