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Yali island
Yali, also known as Gyali, is a small island in the Dodecanese archipelago located halfway between Kos’ southern coast and the island of Nisyros.
Gyali means glass
Gyali is 6 km long and only counts about 21 people during the year and a few more during the summer. Most Greek islands like Nisyros are of volcanic origin and for this reason around Gyali you will find a lot of pumice rock.
On an ecological point of view the island is what is left of an old volcano and is basically made of two coasts connected by a thin isthmus.
The northern part of Gyali is almost entirely covered in natural solid glass-like minerals such as Ossidiana and Perlite while in the southern part of the island you will find pumice rock, this is extracted in a large pit and is quite important for the local economy, in fact almost all the island’s inhabitants work in the extraction site
Unknown treasure
Gyali isn’t an island where you want to spend a whole vacation but rather an island you may want to visit during a daytrip.
The beaches are white and the sea is crystal clear, there aren’t any inhabited centers or a real port (the boats are all anchored on one of the island’s bays). They are mostly visited during daily trips from the nearby islands or by people that have rented a boat/taxi boat.
Apart from all this, however, the island of Yali also has a rich history. A cemetery was found there, the remains of a settlement of the Final Neolithic Period (4000 BC) and two crucibles with copper smelting slag dating to 6000 BC. proving the early practice of metallurgy.
