Naxos is the largest and greenest island in the Cyclades, and it rewards travellers with far more variety than a single beach holiday. On one island you can wander a Venetian old town, swim off long golden shores, taste local cheese and citrus liqueur, and climb the highest mountain in the archipelago. The landscape shifts … Read more
Agios Prokopios is one of the most famous and best-loved beaches on Naxos, the largest island in the Cyclades. It stretches along the island’s sheltered west coast just a couple of kilometres south of Naxos Town, offering a long ribbon of fine golden sand backed by low dunes and a small holiday resort. The water … Read more
Naxos holds the longest, softest stretches of sand in the Cyclades, and its beaches are the main reason so a wealth of travellers return year after year. The whole south-west coast is one gentle ribbon of pale sand and clear, shallow water, sheltered enough for families yet open enough for windsurfers chasing the meltemi. From … Read more
The Portara of Naxos is the great marble doorway that greets every traveller sailing into the island’s harbour, standing alone against the sky on the little islet of Palatia. It is the surviving gateway of a temple that was never finished, and over the centuries it has become the emblem of Naxos itself, printed on … Read more
Naxos Town, known to locals as Chora, is the capital and main port of Naxos, the largest island in the Cyclades. It rises in tiers of whitewashed houses from a busy waterfront to a Venetian castle crowning the hill, so the whole town reads like a single amphitheatre facing the Aegean. The harbour is the … Read more