Another way to reach Karpathos is to fly to Heraklion to the island of Crete. You can then take a ferry either from Heraklion alone to Karpathos (eight hours), or else cross Crete by bus or taxi on the port of Sitia, as the crossing from below requires only 4 hours.One of the nicest beach locations of the Dodecanese Situated 17 km north from Pigadi