The capital of the Cyclades, approx. 130 km from Athens. Syros is called the “Lady”. There are many different opinions regarding its name, but the most approved one is that it comes from Phoenician and it means “rocky”. The island is inhabited since the second Proto-Cycladic period, which means that there was a civilized community […]
The “island of Aeolos-the god of winds”, 143 km from Athens, Tinos is named after the ancient King Tinos. The first traces of human activity are from the Neolithic period. Like all the other Cyclades, after the fall of Constantinople, it was occupied by the Venetians and the Ottomans. It was, however, the last island […]
The closest to Attica, approx. 40 miles, island of the Cyclades, is named after the ancient hero Ceos, son of Apollo. Its first name was Hydroussa and during the occupation by the Franks, the island was named Tzia, the name that is also used today along with Kea. Kea is facing Lavrio and is between […]
The homeland of Afrodite of Milos (now in the Louvre museum). Milos is 155 km from Athens (84 nautical miles). The name of the island comes from the ancient Greek word vilos meaning sheep. There are human traces from the Prehistoric period on the island. Milos is rich in ores that are being exploited from antiquity up […]
A tiny island of the “Small Cyclades” just one 22 nautical miles away from Paros and 25 nautical miles from Amorgos. The island is named after the hero, Hercules. There are traces of human activity from the 3rd millennium B.C. Iraklia, despite its small size, is a shelter for 175 bird species, many of which […]
The island of the movie “The Big Blue”, 173 nautical miles from Athens, Amorgos is named after a plant with which they used to make tunics. The first human traces on the island are from the 4th millennium B.C. Like the rest of the Cyclades, after the fall of Constantinople, it was occupied by the […]
The biggest island of the Cyclades, Naxos is 90 nautical miles from Athens. The island is named after the leader, Naxos, of a Greek tribe that inhabited the island, according to mythology. According to scholars the name derives from the ancient Greek word for “offerings”. The first traces of people living on the island are […]
The 4th biggest island of the Cyclades, Paros is 90 nautical miles from Athens. The island is named after the Arcadian leader, Paros, which first inhabited the island, according to mythology. Studies have shown human traces on the island since the 5th millennium B.C. Paros has a huge historical background that cannot be described in […]
Ios, locals call it Nios, is 200 km (108 N mi) from Athens. The name of the island comes from the ancient Greek word Ia meaning flowers due to the many flowers that grow on the island. Mythology says that is the island that Homer died and buried. Ios was inhabited since the 2nd millennium B.C. […]
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