island of naxos

448 km², 103 sea miles from Piraeus, 18,000 inhabitants

No other island features such a variety of landscape: copios lowlands, cliffy mountains, silvery green olive groves, milelong golden sandy beaches, dunes like at the north sea. In the middle of the island ranges the high water content plateau Tragea, eastern towers an impressive mountain range, in the North and in the East of the island you find the lonesome, sparsely populated seaside. Almost the common South of the island is entirely unexploited. To go there with a jeep resemble still an adventure trip.

All of the Cyclades belong to the moderate, subtropical Mediterranean climate. At Naxos rotate hot and dry summers with windy and rainfully but gentle winters. The Meltemi appears between June and September. Normally it starts in the late forenoon, increases during the day until 5 and 6 Beaufort and abate slowly until eve, if compensated by a northly land breeze, betimes it reaches the marks of 7 and 8 Beaufort.

In contrast to most of the cyclades is Naxos really green and variegated. Rambling olive groves, densely Macchia and knee-high Phruganga plants define the view. In gorges and dales also cypresses are growing, near the sea Tamarisks and reed.

 

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