Explore Naxos Island

Naxos hides lots of magical places to visit and explore!

Other than its immense authentic and archeological foundation of the island, Naxos offers a huge variety of different activities that will make the holiday as adventurous as you wish. That’s why we arranged this guide with some of the best activities on our island.

Hiking

Hiking on Naxos will take you through marbled trails, aromatic herbs, olive trees, and cycladic ancient sites buried between beautiful tiny villages.

Kite and Wind Surfing

Naxos holds ideal places for water sports enthusiasts due to the frequent gusts that blow in some spots. Athletes of all levels, including beginners, intermediates, and pros, can practice on flat waters, freeride, and enjoy lengthy distances.

Local Tastes

The greater part of the food claims to fame of Naxos are made with a wide assortment of flavorful cheddar created on the island. A portion of the renowned cheeses of Naxos are the graviera, which is a very hard cheddar with an extreme taste, the mytzithra, a hard cheddar generally utilized on pastas and meat dishes, the manouri, a delicate cheddar with a light taste, the xynotyri, which is a delicate cheddar with an exceptional and a bit corrosive taste, and others.

One more exceptionally popular result of Naxos is the renowned liquor called Citron, an aperitif made of a product of a similar name, taking after the lemon yet with a more grounded and marginally unique taste. The primary refinery creating Citron was set up in 1896 in the town of Halki.

Villages and Monuments

An old and rich history has made solid imprints on the island of Naxos, making it the focal point of the Cycladic Civilization and permitting it to assume a critical part in the advancement of the European and Greek history. Leftovers of this authentic foundation are dispersed in different pieces of the island are still here to show us that there is something else to find out.

Favored with bumpy view brimming with lovely green valleys and canyons, Naxos has a few traditional villages. Based on the inclines of mountains or settled in olive forests, the best villages in Naxos are an ideal illustration of Cycladic neighborliness. The most recorded villages additionally present a great deal of occurrences of archaic Venetian design and antiquated remains.