Car hire on Leros works through the island's own small agencies rather than international desk rows: Leros Municipal Airport at Partheni is a tiny strip served by short flights from Athens and nearby islands, and local rental offices arrange to meet arrivals there or at the ferry ports, handing keys over with the paperwork done in minutes. Book ahead in July and August - the island fleet is measured in dozens of cars, not hundreds - and reconfirm the meeting point if a ferry or flight time changes. Leros is compact and hilly: a small car or scooter comfortably covers Agia Marina, Lakki's Italian-era architecture, Pandeli's waterfront and the windmills above Platanos, and fuel stations cluster around the main towns.
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