Camper vans on Kalymnos

[Anonymous]

The wells in Masouri (which are now running with fresh drinking water again) have recently been supplemented by little kiosks provided by the municipality to supply free refrigerated water. This is a thoughtful addition to the sometimes-unreliable water supply.

I noticed tonight that occupants of one of the campervans currently parked up within Masouri had driven to the middle of the village to do their washing-up using water from one of the little kiosks.

In a place like Kalymnos, which relies heavily of visitors staying in (pretty cheap) apartments, you might assume that campervans would keep a low profile.

Wild camping is part of climbing culture and in Kalymnos appears to be tolerated if done with tact and respect.

By all means use the free wells to top up your water but please don’t do your washing-up in the middle of the street and in front of the restaurants and apartments!

(PS I’ve posted this opinion on the UK Climbing forum too although none of the camper vans are from the UK)

[Anonymous]

sleeping in campers vans should be banned in Kalymnos!

Otherwise we’re having the same problems that in Spain … parkings dirty (shits), blocked by the vans … and after a climber’s bad image

[Anonymous]

Should “BANNING” be the solution?

Why not “EDUCATION” or “LEARNING” or “INFORMATION” or just “RESPECT”…??

just food for thought.

P.S. If anyone has a good recommendation on Campervan living on the island, please share.

My VW and my family are open to any of good recs.

Thanks

Yiannis

[Anonymous]

“Why not “EDUCATION” or “LEARNING” or “INFORMATION””

It is a nice dream … but it is a dream!

For instance on Kaly we are unable to get the goats’s door closed … despite all the warning writing everywhere! … and it is a very big problem!

About the van and camping car … Everywhere in the climbing sites in europe when the camper van are not banned it is the same … parking look like garbage!

I thing that everywhere sleeping in a camper van, free on parkings, should be prohibited, OK for the camping car … but ONLY in private camping … and camping not exist on Kalymnos!

[Anonymous]

hey

I don’t think campervans on kalymnos are a problem to worry about.

1. We stay here now for more than one month and have just seen two other campervans. Visiting Kalymnos by ferry will always be more expensive than by plane, so it will only make sense if it’s part of a longer trip.

2. There are no spots where you can camp in nature. You will always have to park next to a road and that’s not what campers are usually looking for.

3. We haven’t got any compaints by locals or other climbers and we feel well integrated in the local comunity. The money we didn’t spent for a studio or a scooter has found it’s way into the many bars and restaurants on the island.

4. Ok, washing dishes in the middle of the village wasn’t the best idea, but because of the construction site we couldn’t go to our usual spot at the harbour:

climb on and enjoy your holidays

[Anonymous]

Hello Campervan,

thank you for your info.

I understand that there are no shady places around the island. Is this the case?

I am trying to find the destination of my upcoming vacations, and Kalymnos seems as an interesting and unique one. Any comments?

Thanks

Yiannis

[Anonymous]

hey camper77

we use to sleep next to the street or at the port in myrtes. there you will find shadow even in summer. But we haven’t found a place where you can camp in nature. But if you are climbing all day and drinking in the taverns during the evenings it doesn’t matter where your van is parked you can (and should) also us the toilets there as they are open from early in the morning for breakfast until late in the night. If you just want to visit kalymnos for climbing I would recomend you to fly to kos with a low cost airline and rent a studio here because it’s cheaper and more conftable.

have fun in kaly

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