Greece’s famous Santorini island is joining a number of other Greek islands in efforts to eliminate plastic and introduce eco-friendly practices with the aim of promoting a natural environment. Running under the campaign “Plastic-free Santorini”…
Tag: Cycladic Islands
Naxos is by far one of my favorite islands. It’s undoubtedly an island that can easily seduce you and have you wanting to come back for more. The biggest Cycladic island has…
Travellers have rated Greek hotels as the best in the world for quality and services with Greece holding the first position on the Global Review Index (GRI) for 2019, outscoring its rivals with a rating of…
Greek-American Eileen Botsford has been an established and dynamic member of the Athens and international art scene throughout her adult life, and her husband Edward Maitland-Makgill-Chrichton spent many years in the UK…
You have heard of Mykonos, Santorini, and Paros. But you may not have heard a lot about Syros island, the capital of the Cyclades, which is now becoming more and more popular…
Like many islands in Greece, waste production on the island of Paros explodes in summer when over 400,000 tourists join a local population of roughly 13,000. And now the popular Cycladic destination…
When you think of Paros, you probably conjure up images of its beaches, the nightlife, the picturesque little port of Naoussa or Punda. But you should know that this stunning Cycladic isle…
A ferry on its way to Naxos Port battled strong waves on Sunday, as gale force winds of up to 8 Beaufort swept the Aegean Sea. The skillful captain stabilised the ferry,…
Santorini is my favorite island. I have been there three times, but all of them over a decade ago. Last year I felt that I had missed the magic breeze and the…
Greece’s Ministry of Culture announced this week that it was planning to transform the historical island of Delos in the Cyclades into an open museum. The Ministry said it was moving ahead with restoration and…
A popular culinary food festival promoting local products and recipes from Tinos, starts today May 13, with cooking demonstrations from Greek chefs taking place for seven days, transforming Tinos’ famous local ingredients…
Sparkling white and built into a giant grey rock at a height of 300m, the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa in the Cycladic Amorgos island is the second oldest monastery in Greece. Initially…
Spring is here but it looks like winter weather is not over yet, as meteorologists are predicting intense rainfall and scattered rainstorms mostly in the western and the southern parts of Greece,…
Gioras Bakery dates back to the 18th century and is the oldest working bakery on Mykonos island and the oldest wood-fired bakery in the Cyclades. What is even more special is that it…
Paros has been named the best island in Europe for 2018 and now this gorgeous Cycladic isle has also taken the title of producing one of the Top 6 tasting beers in…
Greece’s popular Mykonos island, which draws tens of thousands of international visitors each year (especially the rich and famous) is now collaborating with the Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas (CERTH) on plans to…
After Folegandros, our island hopping journey led us to the enchanting world of Milos, an island that does not look like any other in the Cyclades. It’s like a magical land, where the…
The first (and longest) stop of our Island Hopping holiday on the Greek islands this summer, that painted our summer dreams with brilliant blue, was Folegandros. An island, personified by Greek Goddess…
In Paros’ capital of Parikia, there is the holy church of Panagia Ekatontapiliani, also referred to as the “Church of 100 doors”. Built in the 4th-century AD, it is one of the…
Thessaloniki will be linked to the Cycladic islands and Crete via a bi-weekly ferry service which will be launched very soon, announced Alternate Shipping Minister Nektarios Santorinios during the 15th Regional Conference…