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Island-hopping in Greece
is fun, not least because each island has a distinct look and
personality. Island beaches
often stretch for miles, incorporating steep cliffs, golden and
sometimes black sands, quiet coves, deep bays, caves… Many islands possess
the exquisite Aegean architecture: simple white buildings, blue roofs,
narrow cobbled streets. On most, life is slow and peaceful; you'll spend
time touring ruins, walking on the beach, or just sitting in cafés sipping
small cups of thick black coffee and listening to bouzouki music.
For a headlong leap into the
fast life, try Mikonos. If you're after
breathtaking views and mythology, visit
Santorini, or Rhodes, or Ios, or, well, almost any of
the others. If you don't want to stray far from the mainland, a daytrip to Evia, where you can see many ancient ruins, may
be just the thing.
The largest island of all, Crete,
has something for everybody: a big town with lots of hotels and restaurants,
completely isolated and deserted beaches, and the astounding
ruins at Knossos (capital of the Minoan empire
3500 years ago).
Among the
World Heritage
Sites in the Greek Islands are the entire island of
Delos, the Medieval City of Rhodes,
various parts of the Island of Patmos,
Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos, and the Old
Town on Corfu. More information about these
sites
here.
More than 6,000 islands and islets belong to Greece, with most
divided into island groups.
Northeastern Aegean Islands:
Includes the islands of Agios Efstratios, Thasos, Ikaria, Lesvos, Limnos,
Inousses, Samos, Samothrace, Chios, and Psara.
Sporades: Islands of
Alonissos, Skiathos, Skopelos, and Skyros.
Argo-Saronic Islands:
Islands include
Angistri, Aegina, Poros, Salamina, Spetses, Hydra and the coastal area of
Methana.
Cyclades: Among
nearly 60 Cycladic islands are Amorgos, Anafi, Andros, Antiparos, Delos,
Ios, Kea, Kimolos, Kythnos, Milos, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros,
Santorini, Serifos, Sikinos, Sifnos,
Syros, Tinos, Folegandros, as well as the “Minor Cyclades” comprising
Donousa, Irakleia, Koufonisia and Schinoussa.
Dodecanese: Astypalaia, Kalymnos,
Karpathos, Kasos, Kastelorizo, Kos, Lipsi, Leros, Nisyros, Patmos, Rhodes,
Symi, Tilos, and Halki.
Ionian Islands:
Zakynthos,
Ithaca, Corfu, Cephallonia, Lefkada, Paxi, Antipaxi, Ereikoussa, Mathraki,
Meganissi, Othoni, Strofades.
Independent Islands:
Large individual islands such as Crete (largest
of the islands) and Evia (second-largest; also known as Euboea) don't belong to any island group.
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