naxos travel guide

Central and southwestern Naxos FOUR ITINERARIES: see map (Chora = 0.0km for distances in text.) Chora—Potamiá—Epano Kastro/Tsikalarió—Chalkí—Filóti (20km) The valley of Potamia is the confluence [...]

Mount Zas and Zas CaveThe road for the Cave of Zas branches west 1km after Filoti (20km), as you head towards Apeiranthos. It finishes after 1.3km at the plentiful springs of sweet water at Aries [...]

Naxos Travel Guide – Best of Naxos Island: History, beaches, places to visit & more.   …Largest of all the Cyclades and with the highest peaks in the group, Naxos is the central [...]

Epano KastroAs the road climbs up from Ano Potamia, the rocky height of Epano Kastro comes into view to the east (left). The castle can be approached from this side along a path signed from the [...]

The Tower of Heimaros and the southcoast(From Filoti (20km) a road branches west then south to the coast at Kalados, which lies at a distance of 24km to its south (44km from Chora). The same road [...]

GeneralLargest of all the Cyclades islands and with the highest peaks of the group, Naxos is the central, geographical hub around which they all cluster. Although not the administrative capital, [...]

ChalkíAfter the dry lunar landscape of Epano Kastro, the effect of the olive groves, streams and fruit orchards of the valley around Chalki­ (17km) is all the more powerful. Chalki was the [...]

LegendLegend Zeus himself is associated with the island, not just in name—Mount Zas, and the former name of the island, ‘Dia’—but by a tradition relating that it was on the island’s peak that an [...]

The ‘pyrgi’There are at least four important fortified manors or ‘pyrgi’ still to be seen in these villages. These structures, though built with a robust four-square design and bearing [...]

THE CHORA OF NAXOSGeneralFrom the arriving boat, the salient outlines of the history of Naxos are visible at a glance. In the distance, high on the mountains of the interior behind the Chora, are [...]