Book a Photoshoot
on Symi

Professional photoshoots on Symi start from €310. Packages vary by duration and the number of edited photos — a one to two hour session, roughly €310 to €450, is enough to work the Gialos waterfront, climb part of the Kali Strata and finish in Chorio. Adding Panormitis or Nimborios means travel time across the island, so book a longer slot.

The Gialos waterfront, where the ochre and blue mansions stack up behind the fishing boats; the Kali Strata stairway with its carved doorways and ruined shells; the clocktower at the harbour mouth; the lanes and ridge of Chorio above; the pebble-mosaic courtyard at Panormitis; and Nimborios bay, half an hour's walk north-west, for clear water away from the quay.

Early morning or the last hour of light. The harbour opens to the north-east, so it takes clean early sun and the day boats from Rhodes have not landed yet; between about eleven and three the quay is at its busiest. Late afternoon lights the western tier of houses and the Kali Strata. May, June, September and October are far kinder than the August heat.

Panormitis is an active monastery and a busy pilgrimage site, so treat it as a church rather than a backdrop: shoulders and knees covered, and check with the monastery before anything beyond a small session in the open courtyard — photography inside the church is not permitted. Getting there is a winding drive across the island or an excursion boat, so allow the travel time in your booking.