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THE ISLAND OF NAXOS
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The capital Naxos Chora with the Kastro
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The endless sandy beach of Plaka
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Naxos is the largest of the 23 inhabited Cycladic
islands, 428 km2 large, until 32 km long and 23 km wide. It has the
longest sandy beaches of the Cyclades.
The population is still traditional, friendly and frank to the guests, and they
make the impression being more lively than the people of the neighbouring
islands.
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Sunrise over the Koronos
(996 m)
Moonrise over the Zas (1003 m)
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The
large plateau of the island is crowned by the highest mountains of the Cyclades: Zas
(1003 m) and Koronos (996 m). In contrast to the
surrounding islands Naxos is rather fertile.
It has more water reserves than its neighbours. Beside fruit-growing and
olive groves Naxos produces a lot of wine
and the traditional citrus liquor. Even though Naxos
is well prepared for tourism, it has not yet lost the traditional and
agricultural appearance of the island.
The
top of the Town of Naxos
(Chora) is built by the venetian
castle. The old part of the town is traffic-free an belongs with its little
lanes, flight of steps and arches around the castle to the most romantic and
authentic medieval places of Greece. But also the mountain
villages Apiranthos and Filoti
are regarded as picturesque places of the island. Characteristic are the many
venetian castles in the open landscape and the
scattered closed villages.
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Whereas
the middle of Naxos is inhabited and has a
good road system the southern and northern part is sparely populated and
undeveloped. The most famous sandy beaches lie on the west coast and extend
over many kilometres (Ajas Prokopios,
Aja Anna, Plaka, Mikri Vigla, Kastraki
and Pirgaki). But also at the east coast of the
island you will find some beautiful sandy beaches (Moutsounas,
Lionas).
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Landmark of Naxos: the Venetian
towers
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Another landmark: the suplies of water
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Regular buses are running from Naxos town into nearly
every part of the island. As well there are many car, bike or
scooter-rentals in every big village.
View from the famous temple port
Naxos is situated only a few kilometres from Paros on the main route of Piraia-Paros-Santorini. It takes 4-5 hours from Naxos to Piraia, 40 min to 1 hour from/to Paros and 2-3 hours from/ to Santorini. During the summer there are eight boats,
during the winter about three boats daily. Speedboats runs twice a day in
summertime and once a day in wintertime. Further connections from Naxos are
to Samos, Ikaria, Mykonos, Amorgos and Ios, as well to the small Cyclades
which are very close to Naxos: Iraklia, Koufonissi, Schinuosa und Donousa. The
small airport
of Naxos lies 4
kilometres outside of the town. Daily flights from and to Athens (45 min.), all over the
year.
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One of the
mountain villages
In Moutsounas at the east end of the
island
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Contact: antiparos-naxos@sunrise.ch
DESCRIPTIONS
OF FURTHER ISLANDS:
Antiparos
Paros
Santorini
Serifos
Sifnos
Milos
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