The geography and nature of Naxos offers an authenticity, richness and simplicity that is an experience to discover and explore.
The island is marked by great variety: mountains with ravines, caves and gullies shade verdant valleys with olive, fig, orange, lemon trees and vineyards, abundant waters.
Nikos Kazantzakis, Greece’s foremost 20th century writer, once wrote about the time he spent as a teenager in Naxos’ fertile valley of Eggares: “If paradise was on Earth, it would be here.”
The valleys end at smooth, sandy beaches adorned with juniper and tamarisk trees; villages are surrounded by fields and vegetable gardens; migratory birds find refuge on trees, while wild pigeons and swifts in the inaccessible coastal rocks.
Protected biotopes with rare fauna and flora complete the mosaic of an island that offers the visitor all the lavish gifts of nature.
The seabed surrounding Naxos also offers another, exciting world, with marine ecosystems of astounding beauty, huge variety, reefs and rocks full of life, meadows of Posidonia oceanica with colorful plates and reefs.
Just choose your route, either on or off shore, and abandon yourself to the magic of Naxos’ geography and nature. The thrill is there for you to discover and experience throughout the year.
Naxos’s particular environmental profile –the result of mild, traditional forms of land use that have tra ...
Naxos’s particular environmental profile –the result of mild, traditional forms of land use that have traditionally been applied, even though at a decreasing rate- has received international recogniti ...
Routsouna waterfall, a spectacular 20-meter plunge, is the result of two important streams that run north ...
Routsouna waterfall, a spectacular 20-meter plunge, is the result of two important streams that run north and south of Keramoti. Their origins are located on the mounts of Koronos and Fanari, respect ...
Alyko peninsula, in southwestern Naxos, is home to one of Greece’s largest and densest juniper forests. A ...
Alyko peninsula, in southwestern Naxos, is home to one of Greece’s largest and densest juniper forests. A land mass of approximately 200 acres, the peninsula is covered with age-old juniper trees, len ...
The wide range of Naxos’s mineral resources has attracted strong interest since antiquity. The famous mar ...
The wide range of Naxos’s mineral resources has attracted strong interest since antiquity. The famous marble quarries at Apollonas produced the material for the half-finished giant statues found in th ...
The summit of Mount Zas, which rises southeast of the village of Filoti, is the highest peak in the entir ...
The summit of Mount Zas, which rises southeast of the village of Filoti, is the highest peak in the entire Cyclades region, with an elevation of 1,003m. According to mythology, god Zeus spent his chil ...
Naxos boasts a varied topography and a broad range of different natural habitats. From the coastline to t ...
Naxos boasts a varied topography and a broad range of different natural habitats. From the coastline to the mountain peaks, the various ecosystems alternate harmonically, offering habitats to the rich ...
Emery, a very hard type of rock with important industrial uses as an abrasive and burnishing agent, is fo ...
Emery, a very hard type of rock with important industrial uses as an abrasive and burnishing agent, is found in abundance on the slopes of Mt. Amomaxis of Naxos, between the villages of Koronos and Ap ...
Rina Cave is located by an unspoiled beach with exotic green waters, in the Kalandos area, on the island’ ...
Rina Cave is located by an unspoiled beach with exotic green waters, in the Kalandos area, on the island’s southern coast. The cave, which lies to the right side of the beach, features some bird nests ...
A 13-acre wetland at the estuary of the Skoulikaria stream, at Ammitis beach, forms a haven of biodiversi ...
A 13-acre wetland at the estuary of the Skoulikaria stream, at Ammitis beach, forms a haven of biodiversity and rest station for migratory birds. The spot also hosts the largest expanse of reeds on Na ...
Kalantos, a seaside village with a population of approximately 100 permanent residents, is located at Nax ...
Kalantos, a seaside village with a population of approximately 100 permanent residents, is located at Naxos’s southernmost point. The area is the island’s first post reached by migratory birds flying ...
