Best Traditional Greek Cyclades Santorini Akrotiri Mykonos Delos UNESCO 1990 Naxos Paros and Cyclades Deep Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: Greece travel | Europe destinations Best Traditional Greek Cyclades Santorini Akrotiri Mykonos Delos UNESCO 1990 Naxos Paros and Cyclades Deep Heritage Tour Destinations TL;DR The Greek Cyclades are the Aegean's whitewashed-island archipelago, holding the densest stack of Bronze Age, Classical, and Venetian heritage anywhere in the Mediterranean. The headline destinations are Santorini with its 12 km caldera and the Akrotiri frescoes, Mykonos paired with the Delos UNESCO 1990 sanctuary, Naxos with the unfinished Portara doorway, Paros and Naoussa fishing village, plus Milos Sarakiniko , Folegandros , and Sifnos . Plan a 8-10 day Cyclades trip. This is the Aegean's premier whitewashed-island destination paired with authentic Bronze Age Cycladic heritage that predates Mycenae. Background The Cyclades cover roughly 2,572 km² and hold about 120,000 permanent residents spread across 24 inhabited islands out of more than 220 in the central Aegean. T...