After a week in Naxos, we came to like the town and the island quite a bit. It’s a comfortable size, with beautiful scenery and architecture, welcoming people, and good food. It’s an easy place to visit and spend some time. We walked the long way back after dinner on our last night and were treated to some photogenic skies.
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We wanted to see the interior of Naxos beyond the main port town, and luckily the island has an excellent public bus service that operates under the KTEL umbrella, like the buses we took in Crete a few years ago. We had our choice of pretty mountain towns to visit — Chalki and Filoti almost made the cut — but we settled on Apeiranthos.
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The port area of Naxos Town is where nearly everyone arrives or departs the island by water. The very large ferries run regularly, and there’s a vibrant strip of restaurants, cafes and bars ready to serve them.
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There are too many interesting sights around Naxos Town to fit into one post, so here are some more views and details we’ve stumbled across since this previous post.
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Naxos Town (also known as simply Chora) is the main city on the island of Naxos, as well as the ferry port. Naxos is a hub for the Cycladic island ferries, and the enormous ships are arriving and departing many times each day, with streams of people, vehicles and cargo embarking and disembarking every hour or two.
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On a rocky peninsula beside the main ferry port in Naxos are the remains of the Temple of Apollo, also known as the Portara, due to the door-like shape of the few stones left standing.
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After our stay on tiny Astypalea, we took an early-morning ferry to the island of Naxos, the largest island in the Cyclades group. We are staying in Naxos Town (Chora) where there’s a lively port area with many restaurants and bars, as well as a fascinating labyrinth of streets that lead up to a Venetian castle.
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