A personal website · A changing web · The same island
This guide has grown through visits home, photographs, experiments and the occasional long pause. Here is the new chapter, followed by the old updates that tell its story.
The old updates are kept here with their dates and context. They are a record of what I was doing then, while the refreshed guide looks towards the next visit.
Modern layout · Familiar colours · Original memories
In 2026 I began giving Visit Leros a more modern, accessible layout while preserving its photographs, family stories and personal character. The colours remain those of the old archontiko houses: ochre yellow walls, green windows and burgundy red details.
The refresh brings clearer navigation and reading layouts to the island guide, its history, food, music, dance, people and other cultural pages. Original memories are kept, while uncertain or outdated details are identified.
The old photo albums are presented as complete galleries with their original captions. The legacy video addresses lead to the relevant films in the video collection.
Contact is through the Leros Greece Facebook group. Karaflas Dimitris & Son remains my favourite taverna, with its Instagram given a prominent place.
Old travel announcements, dates and site experiments remain below as part of the guide’s history. New corrections and memories are welcome.
2014 · 2007
After a few years of relying mainly on the Facebook group, I was preparing to return home and missing Leros enough to revisit the website. VisitLeros.com finally seemed available, so I retired GotoHellas.com after fourteen years and realigned the pages to the new name.
I was still deciding whether to redesign the site completely. I also mentioned the old YouTube account whose password I had lost. These are archive memories, rather than current account instructions.
I was flying to Leros that evening and had been working on the culture pages, partly to remind myself what I wanted to research while on the island.
I bought the Leros.travel domain and designed a site for it, while wondering whether the cost had been worthwhile. The domain is recorded here as part of the archive, rather than offered as a current link.
The owner of the old LerosBattle.gr website gave permission for his work to be uploaded to GotoHellas.com. I had the files and knew there was still a great deal of work to do.
I added information about AirSeaLines services from Athens towards Kalymnos or Kos, with onward travel to Leros. This was a 2007 announcement and must not be used as current transport advice.
I completely restructured the photo gallery and hoped visitors would enjoy it. The 2001–2005 photographs remain part of the collection.
I created the Videos of Leros section, bringing together films and island memories.
I reworked the ouzeri, Rodon and introduction pages, and added many photographs to the gallery and the accommodation and restaurant pages.
I created a Leros Friends Google group and removed a chat feature that was rarely used. Today, the community link in this guide is the Leros Greece Facebook group.
After delaying it while busy with work, I chose Freehostia as a new host and wrote warmly about the early service I had received. This is a historical hosting note, rather than a statement about the current hosting setup.
If you spot an old link, have a correction or remember one of these early versions of the site, reach out through the Leros Greece Facebook group.
For planning a visit now, use the practical guide and the current Leros links collection.
A personal favourite
After exploring the island’s stories, make time for one of my favourite parts of Leros: its food. My favourite taverna is Karaflas Dimitris & Son.
From Dimitris Ouzeri to Karaflas Taverna, and now Karaflas Dimitris & Son, it is the same family story continuing into another generation.
Read the family story or discover more flavours of Leros.
Have a memory, a photograph or something to add to this guide? You can reach out to me through the Leros Greece Facebook group and share it with our island community.