Animasyros is an internationally renowned animation festival held annually in Ermoupoli, Syros. This vibrant event takes place each autumn, usually spanning five days in late September or early October. It stands as one of the largest animation festivals in Greece and southeastern Europe. The festival’s program is extensive, featuring competitive sections for animated features, international … Read more
The Anastasi (Resurrection of Christ) Church majestically crowns the Vrontado hill, offering a spiritual and architectural marvel in Syros. This Orthodox church stands as a symbol of cultural and religious significance, visible from across Ermoupoli and even from the sea. Built in a neoclassical-Byzantine style, the Anastasi Church is not only a place of worship … Read more
The Church of the Dormition of the Virgin, located in Ermoupoli on the island of Syros, is a remarkable site for art enthusiasts and historians alike. This neoclassical church is renowned for housing a significant early icon by the famed artist Domenikos Theotokopoulos, better known as El Greco. This icon, depicting the Dormition of the … Read more
Syros nightlife centres on Ermoupoli, the capital of the island and of the wider Cyclades, and it runs through the whole year rather than a short summer season. The town works as a regional administrative and shipping capital, so the cafes, bars, and tavernas serve residents in every month, not only visitors in August. An … Read more
The Syros International Film Festival is an annual independent film festival held each summer in Ermoupoli, the harbour capital of Syros in the Cyclades. It screens Greek and international arthouse, classic and short films, usually around a yearly theme, and spreads its screenings across striking venues throughout the town. The festival threads through the marble … Read more
The Metamorphosis tou Sotiros, the Transfiguration of the Saviour, is the Orthodox metropolitan cathedral of Ermoupoli, the capital of Syros. The church stands in the upper town on the Orthodox-settled hill and serves as the seat of the Holy Metropolis of Syros. The cathedral rises above the marble centre of Ermoupoli and faces the Catholic … Read more
The Syros Carnival, known in Greek as Apokries, is the pre-Lenten festival that fills the marble streets of Ermoupoli and the medieval hill of Ano Syros. It runs through the weeks before Lent and builds to the final Carnival weekend before Clean Monday. Costume parades, masquerade balls, satirical troupes, and children’s events spread across Miaouli … Read more
Miaouli Square is the marble-paved plaza at the centre of Ermoupoli, the capital of Syros and the administrative seat of the Cyclades. Ship-owners and merchants laid out the square in the nineteenth century, when the port ranked as the busiest trading harbour of the young Greek state. White and grey marble slabs pave the whole … Read more
Agios Nikolaos is the main Orthodox cathedral of Ermoupoli, the capital of Syros in the Cyclades. The church stands above the Vaporia district, where sea-captain mansions line the rock, and its blue dome and twin bell towers form the first landmark that ships see on approach. The cathedral rises a short climb above Ermoupoli and … Read more
The Archaeological Museum of Syros ranks among the oldest museums in Greece, founded in the late nineteenth century in the port capital of Ermoupoli. Its collection centres on the Early Cycladic culture that grew across the islands in the third millennium BC. Marble figurines, engraved ‘frying-pan’ vessels, obsidian blades, and metal tools fill its display … Read more