The beaches of Amorgos are not long golden sands but dramatic, crystal-clear coves set beneath towering cliffs, the wild coast that Luc Besson chose for The Big Blue. From the pebbly turquoise of Agia Anna below the monastery to the cave-backed water of Mouros. The sandy bays of Aegiali and the boat-only coves of the … Read more
Amorgos is the wild, mountainous edge of the Cyclades, a long ridge of an island rising steeply from a deep blue sea far to the east of the archipelago. It is best known as the setting of Luc Besson’s film The Big Blue. Its draws are dramatic: the cliff-hanging Hozoviotissa Monastery, crystalline diving coves. An … Read more
Naxos and Amorgos sit in the same Cyclades chain yet feel like two different worlds. Naxos is the largest island in the group, broad and green, with fertile plains, long sandy beaches and mountain villages linked by real roads. Amorgos is narrow and steep, a dramatic ridge of rock dropping straight into deep blue water. … Read more
The Naxos to Amorgos ferry links two Cyclades islands across roughly 40 nautical miles of open Aegean water. Naxos sits at the geographic center of the archipelago, which makes it the natural launch point for the eastern edge of the group. Two very different vessels run this route: the small local Express Skopelitis, threading the … Read more