These four photos are from Mykonos in Greece. Mykonos is the classic Greek-island stop and, along with Santorini, it’s the most touristy — and the island most impacted by cruise ships. Being on Mykonos reminded me how great the Greek islands are — even when they’re extremely touristy. What’s your favorite discovered Greek isle…and your favorite undiscovered one?
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We took a Silversea Cruise from Istanbul to Athens and absolutely loved the small island of Patmos where John the Baptist purportedly wrote the Book of Revelation in exile. A very quiet island because most cruise ships don’t stop there. But, our favorite island remains Santorini where we spent three days following the cruise. Many wonderful sights to see beyond the tourist towns including the ruins of Akrotiri an ancient Minoan City from 3000 to 2000 BC.
My favorite discovered Greek Isle is Naxos. It is beautiful, quaint, and for the most part undiscovered by the masses.
My favorite undiscovered Greek Isle would have to be whichever Greek Island I got to next that I have not been to.
My favorite touristy island is Santorini. I loved it. If you stay in the center of the island you actually may escape the tourists.
I am not sure it’s undiscovered, but Corfu seems to be rarely visited by Americans and I really enjoyed my visit there decades ago. I loved Mary Stewart’s This Rough Magic which was based there and then there all those wonderful Gerry Durrell books including My Family and Other Animals. Both books are very evocative of the island.
My favorite discovered Greek isle is the North Coast of Crete. I lived their for a year and you can find cultural remnants from every empire who called Crete home over thousands of years, from the Minoans to the Ottomans. You can find quiet beaches with small Tavernas or touristy harbors with euro disco night life. My favorite undiscovered island is the South Coast of Crete. Long … long beautiful beaches and historical hiking trails with small family owned tavernas and rooms for rent. You can even see where Zeus was borne.
Patmos is my favorite Greek island. It’s not easy to get to (no airport) and the cruise ships arrive only once or twice per week, so most of the time it is blissfully peaceful…
We took a Silversea Cruise from Istanbul to Athens and absolutely loved the small island of Patmos where John the Baptist purportedly wrote the Book of Revelation in exile. A very quiet island because most cruise ships don’t stop there. But, our favorite island remains Santorini where we spent three days following the cruise. Many wonderful sights to see beyond the tourist towns including the ruins of Akrotiri an ancient Minoan City from 3000 to 2000 BC.
My favorite discovered Greek Isle is Naxos. It is beautiful, quaint, and for the most part undiscovered by the masses.
My favorite undiscovered Greek Isle would have to be whichever Greek Island I got to next that I have not been to.
My favorite touristy island is Santorini. I loved it. If you stay in the center of the island you actually may escape the tourists.
I am not sure it’s undiscovered, but Corfu seems to be rarely visited by Americans and I really enjoyed my visit there decades ago. I loved Mary Stewart’s This Rough Magic which was based there and then there all those wonderful Gerry Durrell books including My Family and Other Animals. Both books are very evocative of the island.
My favorite discovered Greek isle is the North Coast of Crete. I lived their for a year and you can find cultural remnants from every empire who called Crete home over thousands of years, from the Minoans to the Ottomans. You can find quiet beaches with small Tavernas or touristy harbors with euro disco night life. My favorite undiscovered island is the South Coast of Crete. Long … long beautiful beaches and historical hiking trails with small family owned tavernas and rooms for rent. You can even see where Zeus was borne.
Patmos is my favorite Greek island. It’s not easy to get to (no airport) and the cruise ships arrive only once or twice per week, so most of the time it is blissfully peaceful…