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Cyclades East
	Amorgos Amorgos, having as a capital the city of Amorgos, is located at the southeast end of Cyclades. With an image such as the imposing Venetian Castle surrounded by the traditional white houses, sandy beaches and a crystal clear sea, it is not hard to see why this island was selected for the shooting of the film “Deep blue sea”.
	Anafi Anafi, with the capital city Chora and just 300 inhabitants, is a small but beautiful island of great mythological and archeological interest. One can find many ancient Greek temple ruins, such as the temple of Aphrodite, the temple of Zeus and the temple of Apollo.
	Andros Andros is the second largest island of Cyclades, and has beautiful sandy beaches, a panoramic view of the surrounding islands. Its many small villages and the ancient Greek tower add on the island's exquisite beauty and make it a destination promising to leave you with beautiful memories.
	Donousa Donousa, counting 110 inhabitants and 14 sq. kilometers of land, is an island with beautiful beaches, traditional white houses and offers a chance for calm vacations.
	Folegandros Folegandros, having as its capital Folegandros and as its harbor Karavostasi, is an island with imense history. It was used by the Romans as a prison, its inhabitants were massacred by the Turkish army in 1715, and it was re-inhabited in 1770.
	Ios Ios, having both as its capital and as its harbor Chora, counts 1700 inhabitands. It's a beautiful and a graphical Cyclades island, with sandy beaches and rich history (having as a characteristic its Venetian castle) and a lot of tourism throughout the summer.
	Iraklia Iraklia, with 'St. George' being both its capital and harbor, counts 115 inhabitants. It is both a beautiful and relaxing destination, with crystal clear beaches and land that hasn't yet lost its purity from the active tourist season.
	Koufonisia Koufonisia (part of the small Cyclades and 3 in total: the upper, the lower Koufonisi and Keros) are small islands with majestic sandy beaches and lots of caves. From these three islands, only the upper Koufonisi is inhabited, and a festival honoring Holy Mary occurs in the lower Koufonisi each August.
	Mykonos Mykonos, an island surrounded by Syros, Tinos, Naxos and Paros, has been officially characterized as an “area of superb natural beauty”. Its capital, Mykonos, is located on the western coast of the island.
	Naxos Naxos is located on the exact center of the Aegean sea and is the largest Cycladic island. Zeus, regarded by the ancient Greeks as the father of “Humans and Gods”, was supposedly born in Crete, in the Cave Edaeon, and raised in Naxos, and for that reason the largest mountain in Naxos was named after him.
	Paros Paros is a tourists’ favorite for its valleys, its beautiful coastline, its white houses and the hospitality it offers. The island’s capital, Parikia, being built at the same location where its ancient predecessor was, full of flower scents and its beauty intact can mystify any tourist.
	Schinousa Schinousa, an island counting 120 inhabitants, with Panagia as its capital, and Mersini as its harbor, is well known for its calm climate and its natural beauties. It has a great number of sandy beaches and a crystal clear sea and a great festival. It is recommended for calm vacations that may be combined with fishing.
	Syros Syros is a Cycladic island, capital of the province of Syros and of the district of South Aegean. Syros was mostly developed after 1826, when immigrants from Psara and Chios came to the island. Syros was the naval, industrial and cultural centre of the new Greek state.
	Thira (Santorini) Thira (widely known as Santorini, from Santa Irene) having Fira as both its capital and harbor, is an island carved by the explosion of a well known volcano around 1500 B.C. that most probably destroyed the existent Minoic civilization in Crete.
	Thirasia Thirasia is a relatively small island located west of Thira (Santorini), from which it is said that it split up after the eruption of the Thiran Volcano. It's a beautiful island hosting 250 inhabitants, with an architecture not at all disappointing according to the Cycladic standards, and connects with Thira via small boats on a daily basis.
	Tinos Tinos, one of the biggest Cycladic islands, is considered to be the island of Holy Mary. The inhabitants of the island, being fully aware of the holiness of the land, are peaceful and friendly.
Cyclades West
	Kea Kea, known as Hydrousa in the ancient times and Tzia during the Turkish occupation, having as its capital Julida and as its harbor Koresia, has approximetly 2500 inhabitants. Historically it was a base for pirates and has rich historical monuments, among which are the ruins of 4 cities.
	Kimolos Kimolos (Haehinousa by the Ancient Greeks, Argentiera by its Venetian conquerors) has as its capital Chora and approximately counts one thousand inhabitants. The island is surrounded by the private island of St. George and the deserted islands of Polyaigos and St. Efstathios.
	Kythnos Kythnos or else Thermia due to its long list of hot springs, has both as its capital and its harbor Mericha. Kythnos is also known for its lovely beaches, some of which are Kolona, Lefkes, Naousa and Megali Ammos (Great Sand).
	Milos Milos, having as its capital Plaka and as its main harbor Adama, has a population of about 5000 inhabitants, and 3 uninhabited cities (those of Areti, Glaronisia and Theorihia).
	Serifos Serifos island has very few trees and is considered to be the dry land of Cyclades. According to the ancient Greeks the island was left without green when Perseas uncovered and held Medusa's head out in the open. Its modern capital city is 'Chora' and its harbor is 'Livadi'.
	Sifnos Sifnos, and its capital 'Apollonia', is a place of perfect harmonic marriage between architecture and topography, the birthplace of many poets, examples of which are Ioannis Grypares, Stelios and Theodosis Speranza, Titos Patrickios and others.
	Sikinos Sikinos Island (who's capital city is 'Chora') counts approximately 250 inhabitants and is one of the finest examples of Cycladic architecture. The quite peculiar cuisine one can find on the island, combined with the local beauty, makes Sikinos an ideal place for relaxing vacations.
Northeast Aegean
	Chios Chios, an island scented by the hand of nature, is located at the central Aegean and south of Lesvos. The numerous beaches and the sound of the sea can only compete with the green colored island as it is full of wilderness and beautiful villas and stone crafted villages.
	Lesvos “It has nowhere else on the face of the earth been noticed for the sun and the moon so justly to appear and share their prowess, than on this small piece of land; who is to tell at what strange times, which god for to fill his need of joy, cut and blew within the archipelagos this leaf." Odysseas Elytis, Nobel prize Greek poet
	Limnos The natural terrain of Limnos, the island of Hephaestus, is a true mosaic. The clear sea, taming the sandy beaches surrounding the island, still seems to extinguish the lava once running in the now beautiful creeks of the island.
	Thessaloniki Thessaloniki is the second largest city of Greece and the capital of Thesalloniki. It bears the name of Alexander the Great's sister, which was named as such being born the day her father Philip won a great victory (niki) against the Thessalians.