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
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 is a large island, and where you base yourself shapes the whole trip. The main choice is between Batsi, the lively west-coast resort with the best beaches and the easiest walkable base. Chora. The elegant capital on the east coast with the island’s culture but a quieter, less beach-focused stay. Gavrio, the port, and … Read more
Chora, the capital of Andros, is one of the most elegant towns in the Cyclades, set on a narrow peninsula between two bays on the island’s east coast. A marble-paved main street runs between the neoclassical mansions of nineteenth-century shipowners, past squares and churches. To the ruined Venetian castle and the emblematic Tourlitis lighthouse rising … Read more
Andros is the greenest and one of the largest of the Cyclades, a walker’s island of springs. Waterfalls and terraced valleys that feels a world away from the barren, party-driven islands to the south. Just two hours by ferry from the port of Rafina near Athens, it rewards visitors with an award-winning network of hiking … Read more