Telendos is a small island, one of the Dodecanese in Greece, close to Kalymnos, Leros and Kos.
If you desire peace and tranquillity on holiday combined with real Greek hospitality and food and a more traditional style, then this could be the place for you.
The island is accessible only by sea from the port of Myrties on the neighbouring island of Kalymnos. There is only one village and no roads. Four beautiful pebble beaches are on the island with little sand ideal for snorkelling. Telendos was separated from the island of Kalymnos by the 554 AD earthquake lasting 14 days, during which, a whole village was sub merged by the sea and the marble pillars of the ruined village can still be seen on a calm day. A second village was left abandoned by the same earthquake after being lifted high above the sea. The village church Ayios Konstantinos is still visited by locals on special holy festivals but only after a mountainous hike.
