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 some of the clearest, deepest water in the Cyclades. The sea that Luc Besson chose for The Big Blue. It is one of the finest Greek islands for diving and free-diving. Dramatic underwater walls, caves and reefs. A rich marine life and a dedicated dive centre on the bay of Aegiali make 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