An Amorgos wine tasting sets out island and Cycladic wines with local snacks on the easternmost island of the Cyclades. Put the whole island-hopping plan together on Greece Tours. Each section below answers one part of an Amorgos wine tasting: the booking, the winery and grapes, the vines in the wind, the glass, the harvest, … Read more
An Amorgos photoshoot pairs you with a local photographer for portraits in the white lanes of Chora and on the cliffs and coves of the easternmost Cyclades island. Line up the rest of the island trip on Greece Tours. The answers below walk an Amorgos photoshoot through the booking, the backdrops of Chora, the monastery, … Read more
An Amorgos olive oil tasting comes inside a guided walk or a food tour around the village of Langada and the island’s olive groves. Find more trip ideas on Greece Tours. The guide below covers the olive-press hike, the Olive Route, the terraces, the food tour, the local products, the tasting method and the harvest … Read more
An Amorgos Greek night fills a village square with violin and laouto, circle dances, patatato and psimeni raki, above all on feast days. Greek nights and tours on other islands sit on Greece Tours. This page covers the bookable classes, the music, the feasts, food, places, seasons and customs. What is an Amorgos Greek night? … Read more
Amorgos snorkeling means mask-and-fins swims over the clear, rocky water of the easternmost Cyclades island, from quiet bays and from small boats. Island trips across the Aegean are gathered on Greece Tours. This page walks through the spots around Aegiali and Katapola, Agia Anna, the Olympia wreck, boat trips, islets, sea life, gear, safety, wind, … Read more
An Amorgos cooking class is a hands-on lesson in Greek and Amorgian cooking on the Cycladic island of Amorgos. Guests cook traditional recipes, then eat the meal with a view of the Aegean. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the hosts, the villages, the class … Read more
Nikouria is a small uninhabited islet lying just off the north coast of Amorgos. Opposite the beach of Agios Pavlos, with some of the clearest, most turquoise swimming water on the island. Reached by a short boat crossing of only minutes, its three sandy and pebbly beaches. Calm and brilliantly clear, make it one of … Read more
The Olympia shipwreck is one of the most striking and atmospheric sights of Amorgos. The rusting hull of a cargo ship that ran aground in a bay near Kalotaritissa in the wild south of the island in . Famous from Luc Besson’s film The Big Blue, in which it appears in scenes. The wreck lies … Read more
Amorgos has been inhabited since the Early Cycladic era of the third millennium BC. In antiquity it was unusual in holding three separate city-states. Minoa, Arkesini and Aegiali, which together formed a commonwealth known as the Tripolis, each with its own government and coinage. Their remains, on scenic hilltops across the island, along with the … Read more
Amorgos is a long, mountainous island whose beaches. Villages and ancient sites lie far apart and are served by only a handful of buses. For most visitors a hire car is the key to seeing it. Renting a car or scooter turns the scattered highlights, the wild beaches. The mountain villages and the two ends … Read more
Aegiali is the second port of Amorgos, set on a broad bay in the north-east of the island, framed by towering cliffs and backed by mountain villages. It has the island’s best and longest sandy beach, a relaxed, faintly bohemian atmosphere. The loveliest mountain villages. Langada and Tholaria, rising just above it, making it the … Read more
Katapola is the main port of Amorgos, a relaxed harbour town wrapped around a deep, sheltered bay in the centre of the island’s coast. Formed of three whitewashed hamlets around one calm natural bay, ringed by fishing boats, tavernas and rooms. It is the island’s most central and best-connected settlement and the practical gateway to … Read more