The climate of Ios: when to go to the island of Ios

The island of Ios is characterized by a temperate Mediterranean climate, it is the typical climate of the islands of Greece characterized by hot and very dry summers and mild and rainy winters. Annual rainfall is scarce – the annual ...

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Ios: the Cycladic island of fun and nightlife

The island of Ios (108 sq km, 1,300 inhabitants) is located in the Aegean Sea, in the central-southern part of the Cyclades archipelago. Located south of Naxos and north of Santorini. The closest island to Ios is the island of ...

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Folegandros: an arid island but full of beauty

The island of Folegandros (32 sq km, 670 inhabitants) is part of the archipelago of the Cyclades islands, is located in the southern part of the archipelago. South-east of the island of Milos, west of Sikinos and just north-west of ...

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Andros: a quiet island full of mountains

The island of Andros (380 sq km, 10,000 inhabitants) is the northernmost island of the Cyclades archipelago, located south-east of Euboea and north-west of the island of Tinos. The island is also the second largest island in the Cyclades after ...

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Amorgos: a wild island little touched by tourism

The island of Amorgós (121 km², 1,860 inhabitants) is the easternmost island of the archipelago of the Cyclades islands, it is located southeast of Naxos and northeast of Ios. The island has an elongated shape from south-west to north-east. The ...

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The climate of Kos: when to go to Kos

The island of Kos is located in the eastern part of the Aegean Sea near the coasts of Turkey and has a Mediterranean type climate characterized by warm temperatures in summer and mild temperatures in winter, the rains are concentrated ...

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The climate of the Cyclades: when to go to the Cyclades

Located in the center of the Aegean Sea, the Cyclades archipelago is characterized by a mild and dry climate, with winter temperatures that rarely drop below 10 ° C and with sometimes high summer temperatures but which are often mitigated ...

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Cyclades: the most typical islands of Greece

The Cyclades archipelago is a group of islands in Greece located in the Aegean Sea, between Attica and Eubea in the north-west, and the island of Crete in the south. The Cyclades islands are the islands that have the most ...

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Greece power plugs and sockets, telephones

GREECE DOCUMENTS Documents: For entry into Greece, the European citizen must have a passport or identity card. Even children and minors must have their own passport or their personal identity card. Driving license: To drive a rental car in Greece ...

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How to get to Greece: ferries and flights to Greece

FERRIES TO GREECE The most used means of getting to Greece are ferries. There are ferry connections from Italy, Cyprus and Turkey. How to get to Greece from Italy: Modern ferry ships make the connections between Greek and Italian ports. ...

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Kos: the island of Hippocrates and beaches

The island of Kos (290 sq km, 31,000 inhabitants) is located in the Aegean Sea, in the northern part of the Dodecanese archipelago. The island is located north of Nissyros and south of Kalymnos. The coast of Turkey is located ...

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Santorini: a volcano that exploded thousands of years ago

The island of Santorini (73 sq km, 13,600 inhabitants) is located in the Aegean Sea, in the southernmost part of the Cyclades archipelago. The island is located south of Ios and west of Anafi. The large island of Crete is ...

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Mykonos: the trendiest island in the Cyclades

Mykonos, Cyclades, Greece. Author and Copyright Liliana Ramerini.

The island of Mykonos (86 sq km, 9,400 inhabitants) is located in the Aegean Sea, in the central-northern part of the archipelago of the Cyclades islands. Located east of Syros, southeast of Tinos and north of Naxos and Paros. The ...

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Rhodes Citadel: The Fortress of the Knights of St. John

The island of Rhodes, which is the largest of the Dodecanese archipelago, is located in the southeastern Aegean a short distance from the Turkish coast. Rhodes is not just sea, nature and sun. The port of Rhodes town is rich ...

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Rhodes: the island of the Colossus

The island of Rhodes (1,400 sq km, 120,000 inhabitants) is located in the Aegean Sea, in the south-eastern part of the Dodecanese archipelago. This island is located north-east of the island of Karpathos and south-west of the coast of Turkey, ...

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