Naxos best Travel Tips for Greek Island Beach vacations

Naxos is the largest island in the Cyclades group of islands in the middle of the Aegean. The island is 18 miles in length and 12 miles wide and oval.

It is also the most fertile, and this makes it one of the most beautiful. But it is unbroken golden sandy beaches, which attracts the majority of thousands of summer tourists that flock to Naxos each year nautical miles.

Leisure guests, who can pull away from the beautiful beaches, Naxos offers a wealth of Greek relics as well as plenty of Byzantine and Venetian history. The island's capital, also known as Naxos, has a Venetian Fortress, as well as an ancient Greek temple to Apollo.

This temple is usually the first things that a tourist can see when visiting Naxos by ferry because it stands proud on the tip of the island, marking the way into the busy ferry port. The temple dates back to 522 BC, but its ruinous appearance is not, because much of what has been lost to the passage of time, but rather because the enigmatic never finished building it.

Naxos town is extremely picturesque port with a maze of whitewashed streets and corridors designed with frequent invasions from Aegean pirates in mind. Its typical Cycladic architecture blends with Venetian and each rotation invite visitors to explore.

It is with such romantic charm and mystique somewhat wonder, Naxos has long been popular with authors and artists. Lord Byron visited in his youth and never forgotten experience, refers to it in his writings as dream island and often says that he would love to return some day.

Naxos has 41 villages and most are worth checking out. They exist in the fertile, green valleys, which are sandwiched between robust, dry mountains. Many of these are more than 2000 feet high and the highest, Mount Zeus 3200 feet.

Naxos island enjoys the economic rewards of being a tourist island, but it depends on them not to its prosperity. A large agriculture takes place in its rich valleys and cultivation of lemons is very successful. In addition to Naxos produces lemons, cherries, pomegranates and other fresh fruit. It also produces olives, nuts and potatoes while its grapes make some of the best of Greek wines.

Naxos is deservedly popular with discerning tourists, but in contrast to nearby Mykonos, it is not in danger of being transformed into a mass tourism resort. What has saved from doing so is its lack of an international airport. However, there is an excellent Airport offers domestic flights and some tourists, mainly Greek tourists arriving in Naxos this way sailing from Athens. The majority of tourists arriving by ferry, however, and there is no better way to start a Greek island holiday than this. You can sail all the way from Athens, but it will take at least six hours. Or you can fly to Mykonos and get on a ferry that takes only two hours. Both options have their advantages and disadvantages. We flew to Mykonos one year, only to find all ferries was reserved. Another travel tip, no matter which route you choose, is to be careful that you get the right island. The first time we visited Naxos, we heard a landing announcement and got off the ferry only to see a sign that read ' Welcome to Paros '. Fortunately, we had enough time to re-board and complete the journey to adjacent Naxos remaining minutes.

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