Palaiopolis was the ancient capital of Andros, the island’s only city through the Classical era, occupying a dramatic terraced position on the west coast above the sea. Founded in the Archaic period and destroyed in late antiquity, part of it sliding into the sea. It is reached today by a long flight of old stone … Read more
For a small Cycladic island, Andros has an exceptional cultural depth. Led by the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Goulandris Foundation, whose summer exhibitions have shown Picasso, Matisse and Kandinsky. Around it, the Archaeological Museum with its celebrated Hermes of Andros. The Maritime Museum and the Olive Museum make the island a cultural destination … Read more
Andros is a large, mountainous island whose beaches. Villages and trailheads lie far apart and are served by only a handful of buses a day. For most visitors a hire car is the key to seeing it. Renting a car turns the scattered highlights of the island, the wild northern beaches. The spring villages and … Read more
Andros is the greenest of the Cyclades, an island of springs and running water rare in the dry Aegean, and its waterfalls are among its most distinctive sights. The best known are the Pythara falls near the village of Apoikia, a shaded gorge of plane trees. Pools and cascades that comes alive after the spring … Read more
The food of Andros is richer and greener than that of the average Cycladic island. Drawn from a fertile interior of springs, terraces, olive groves and grazing land rather than bare rock. The island’s shipping wealth and its running water gave it a distinctive table, built on the hearty fourtalia omelette. Tangy local cheeses, cured … Read more
Korthi, or Ormos Korthiou, is a relaxed bayside village on the south-east coast of Andros, set around a wide sandy bay far from the busier resorts of the west. Quiet, traditional and open to the summer wind, it has a long beach, a laid-back waterfront. The island’s best windsurfing and the iconic rock of Tis … Read more
Gavrio is the port of Andros, the harbour town on the sheltered north-west coast where the ferries from Rafina dock and almost every visitor first sets foot on the island. A working port rather than a beauty spot, it is the practical gateway to Andros, with tavernas along the waterfront. Some of the island’s best … Read more
The villages of Andros are the heart of the greenest island in the Cyclades, strung through terraced valleys and along a long, indented coast. Spring water runs from marble lion heads. Grand captains’ mansions climb wooded slopes. Old stone footpaths link one settlement to the next through a landscape of plane trees and running streams … Read more
The Tourlitis lighthouse is the emblem of Andros, a slender white tower that rises from a lone rock pinnacle in the open sea below the medieval castle of Chora. It holds a distinction shared by no other lighthouse in Europe. Standing on a wave-cut stone stack rather than on land or a harbour wall. It … Read more
Andros has one of the longest and most indented coastlines in the Cyclades, and most of its finest beaches, sea caves and coves are cut off from every road. Boat trips are the way to reach them. In summer a small fleet of RIBs, caiques and private cruisers runs from the west-coast harbours to the … Read more