Amorgos Cooking Class

Guests in black aprons slicing vegetables at steel worktops beside the chef in a hotel kitchen during an Amorgos cooking class.

An Amorgos cooking class is a hands-on lesson in Greek and Amorgian cooking on the Cycladic island of Amorgos. Guests cook traditional recipes, then eat the meal with a view of the Aegean. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the hosts, the villages, the class … Read more

Aegiali, Amorgos: A Guide to the Bay and Its Villages

The long sandy beach and turquoise bay of Aegiali with its village on the slope, northern Amorgos

Aegiali is the second port of Amorgos, set on a broad bay in the north-east of the island, framed by towering cliffs and backed by mountain villages. It has the island’s best and longest sandy beach, a relaxed, faintly bohemian atmosphere. The loveliest mountain villages. Langada and Tholaria, rising just above it, making it the … Read more

Amorgos Villages: The Best Villages to Visit

A bright whitewashed alley with an arch and blue doors in the mountain village of Langada, Amorgos

The villages of Amorgos are strung along the island’s long mountain ridge and around its two bays. Whitewashed clusters of houses, blue-domed churches and shaded squares kept quiet and traditional far from mass tourism. Above the bay of Aegiali rise the loveliest of them, the mountain villages of Langada and Tholaria, while the ports of … Read more