Routsouna waterfall is the rare cascade of Naxos, tucked into the green interior above the village of Keramoti. Winter and spring rain feeds a stream that drops through a screen of plane trees, and the sound of running water reaches you before the falls do. This is a small, seasonal spectacle rather than a thundering … Read more
Tsikalario is one of the smallest and most authentic villages on Naxos, tucked into the green heart of the Tragaea valley beneath the peak crowned by Apano Kastro. Stone lanes, springs and dense olive groves surround a hamlet of a handful of families. Travellers come here for the castle trailhead, the ancient necropolis with standing … Read more
Danakos is a tiny green mountain village on the eastern slopes of Naxos, tucked into a fold of the land below the peak of Mount Zas. Water defines the place: springs feed a stream that once turned a line of stone watermills, and terraced gardens still climb the hillsides in green steps. Hardly any travellers … Read more
Naxos holds one of the richest walking networks in the Cyclades, a lattice of marble-paved kalderimi footpaths that once tied mountain villages to threshing floors, springs and the sea. Unlike the barren cliffs of many islands, the Naxian interior is green and terraced, watered by real streams that feed olive groves, citrus orchards and the … Read more