Symi snapshots taken over a few sunny days in March 2024.
The first phase of the new hotel in Pedi is nearing completion. As you can see, it has been designed to look like a group of Symi neo-classical houses.Flamingos livening up a balcony above the Bella Napoli pizzeria in Yialos.Behind the scenes of a well-known fish taverna in Yialos.The little red figures disappearing into the distance are a visiting football team from Ialysos on Rhodes, over for the day to play against the Symi team.This old bruiser of a tom cat was admiring himself in the puddle but, as cats do, he decided not to face the camera.His friend, however, was more obliging.Happiness is a warm Vespa in a sunny spot.Meanwhile, in the Pedi Valley…Goats and asphodels.Wild garlic and goat defences.I wonder who planted these freesias and how long they have managed to survive in an untended planter of an abandoned building. The tree was probably seeded by birds.Some of Symi’s most interesting and unusual buildings are at risk of crumbling away to nothing due to lack of funding to restore them.
Adriana Shum 
Ah, I always wished I could restore that building next to Kamares, such character and such a view!
Yes, it would be wonderful to fix up both adjoining properties. They are quite big, considering the depth of the block.
Great photos, as ever, Adriana! The hotel in Pedi looks beautiful 😍
Isobel