Patmos

Patmos is a small and pleasant Greek island, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and best known as the place where the apostle John was exiled at the end of his life.  According to tradition, he spent his days in a cave and it is here that he is said to have written his Gospel, letters and the book of Revelation, the last book of the New Testament.

The local taxi drivers on Patmos have a good thing going.  For €30, one of them will take you from Skála, the island's port, to the Cave of the Apocalypse, and leave you there for 30 minutes.  They will then come back, take you on to the Monastery of St John at the hilltop, and leave you again for an hour.  Finally, they will return and take you back to Skála.  Although it is all walkable (it's around 2 miles each way from the port to the hilltop monastery), and there is an (infrequent) local bus service, on a hot summer day a taxi is by far the easiest way to see the main sights.