2,500 Climbing Routes for thousands climbers
Kalymnos climbing festival Highlights: Climbing competitions, climbing workshops for all levels, day excursions and music events.
Climbing enthusiasts from all over the world to the beautiful rocky island of Kalymnos, in the Dodecanese islands from 6-8 October.
The Island of Kalymnos during the last 19 years has established itself as one of the world’s top sport – climbing holiday destinations.
The Kalymnian landscape is rocky, with rock faces of unique quality for sport climbing, easy accessible within a few minutes walking time from most of the islands settlements and motorways, offering breathtaking views with the endless blue of the Aegean Sea.
Today the island has almost 2500 well equipped sport climbing routes for all climbing levels from easy routes for beginners to extremely hard ones for the experts. The island features a series of easy slabs, technical wall climbs, wild overhanging and climbs between stalactites. The majority of the routes are single pitch but several multipitch routes are available as well. Climbing instructors on the island offer climbing lessons and guiding.
Closest airport: Kos International Airport(KGS) – National airport JKL
