AOK airport car rental is better organised than most Greek island fields: Karpathos Island National Airport hosts desks in and around its arrivals terminal - Enterprise operates within the main building, Avis lists the location, and National, Alamo, Budget and Thrifty appear through the same arrivals area - while established locals deliver cars to the airport free, a pattern led by long-running island firms. From the runway on the island's flat southern tip, the road network climbs north: Pigadia's harbour town lies 15 minutes away, the west-coast beaches under half an hour, and the mountain village of Olympos - the island's cultural treasure - about an hour and a half of spectacular ridge driving. August is the crunch: the small fleets genuinely sell out, so book weeks ahead. And respect the wind - Karpathos ranks among Greece's gustiest islands; hold the door when you park on a ridge.
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