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GREEK ISLAND INFORMATION
GREEK ISLANDS
: GREEK ISLAND ::
The islands are Greece’s chief
morphological trait and an integral part
of the country’s civilisation and
tradition. The Greek territory comprises
6,000 islands and islets scattered in
the Aegean and Ionian Sea, a truly
unique phenomenon on the European
continent; of these islands only 227 are
inhabited. The Greek Archipelago takes
up 7,500 km of the country’s total
16,000-km coastline, offering a highly
diversified landscape: beaches
stretching along many kilometers,
sheltered bays and coves, golden
stretches of sand with dunes, pebbly
beaches, coastal caves with steep rocks
and black sand typical of volcanic soil,
coastal wetlands... Many Greek beaches
have been awarded the blue flag under
the programme Blue Flags of Europe .
Apart from swimming, they lend
themselves to scuba diving, snorkeling,
water skiing, sailing and windsurfing.
As they are the cradle of some of the
most ancient and prosperous European
civilisations (the Cycladic, Minoan
civilisations, etc.), the islands boast
unique archaeological sites, an
outstanding architectural heritage and
centuries-old, fascinating local
traditions of a multifaceted cultural
past. Moreover, 58.5% of the country’s
lodging establishments and 62.6% of
hotel beds are found on the islands
(data for 2003). All the above, combined
with the ideal climate, the safety of
Greek waters and the short distances
between ports and coasts, have rendered
the Greek islands extremely popular
among Greek and foreign visitors.
Most
islands lie in the Aegean Sea and are
divided in seven groups ( From north to
south ):
THE
NORTHEASTERN AEGEAN ISLANDS:
Agios Efstratios, Thassos, Ikaria,
Lesvos, Limnos, Inousses,
Samos, Samothrace,
Chios, Psara. THE
SPORADES:
Alonissos, Skiathos, Skopelos, Skyros. Evia THE
ARGO - SARONIC ISLANDS:
Angistri,
Aegina, Poros, Salamina, Spetses, Hydra
and the coastal area of Methana.. THE
CYCLADES:
A group of 56 islands, its most
important ones being Amorgos, Anafi,
Andros, Antiparos, Delos, Ios, Kea,
Kimolos, Kythnos, Milos,
Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Santorini,
Serifos, Sikinos, Sifnos, Syros, Tinos,
Folegandros, as well as the “Minor
Cyclades” comprising Donousa, Irakleia,
Koufonisia and Schinoussa. THE
DODECANESE:
Astypalaia, Kalymnos, Karpathos, Thassos,
Kastelorizo,
Kos, Lipsi, Leros, Nisyros,
Patmos,
Rhodes, Symi, Tilos, Halki.. CRETE
THE IONIAN SEA IS HOME TO ONE SOLE
ISLAND GROUP:
THE
IONIAN ISLANDS:
Zakynthos,
Ithaki, Corfu, Kefalonia, Lefkada, Paxi,
Antipaxi, Ereikoussa, Mathraki,
Meganissi, Othoni, Strofades..
These islands, together with Kythira,
which is however cut-off from the rest,
opposite the southern Peloponnese (Lakonia),
as well as neighbouring Antikythira,
they constitute the Eptanissa.
The islands of Gavdos (situated south of
Crete), Elafonissos (in the Gulf of
Laconia) and Trizonis (in the Gulf of
Corinth), although not forming part of
any group, are of unparalleled natural
beauty.
THE
NORTHEASTERN AEGEAN ISLANDS:
Agios Efstratios, Thassos, Ikaria,
Lesvos, Limnos, Inousses,
