Best hotels I stayed in: Chez Sophie Santorini, Polikandia Folegandros, Grotta Naxos Best food: Milos, Mykonos, Syros. Best restaurants I ate in: Filippos Kea (grill), Baboulas Mykonos, Floisvos (Milos), Simos (Sifnos). Best single meal: Baboulas Mykonos (Mussels cooked in seawater is out of this world). Best view: Santorini caldera from Akrotiri (not from Oia). Best […]
The Cyclades in One Word
I think it’s time for some overall posts in the Cyclades. It comes as no surprise to anyone who’s been there that each island is very different from the other and has its own character and charm. But how would you describe each one in one single word? The selection is of course personal, but […]
Old Nobility of Naxos
Between the Fourth Crusade in 1204 and their capture by the Turks in the 1560s, the Cyclades were under the control of Venice. Noble families controlled various islands organised under the Duchy of Naxos after it was captured by Marco Sanudo in 1207. The ‘Chora’ of each island with its narrow winding streets, organised around […]