{"id":90,"date":"2016-03-04T13:08:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T13:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travel-zone-greece.com\/blog\/?p=90"},"modified":"2022-04-18T12:02:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:02:43","slug":"telegraph-6-out-of-18-europes-best-secret-islands-are-located-in-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travel-zone-greece.com\/blog\/telegraph-6-out-of-18-europes-best-secret-islands-are-located-in-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Telegraph: 6 out of 18 Europe’s best secret islands are located in Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"

Telegraph \u00a0<\/strong>includes includes six Greek islands among the\u00a018 best “secret” island paradises in Europe. The Greek islands, that the British newspaper distinguishes are Kastellorizo, Meganisi, Monemvasia, Kea, Koufonisia and Ios <\/strong>and it describes them as follows:<\/p>\n

Kastellorizo<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The smallest and among the prettiest of the inhabited islands in the Dodecanese, this island is reached by air or ferry from Rhodes. Boats run to beaches on neighbouring islets; otherwise you swim off rocks. The Blue Grotto rivals the one in Capri. Multicoloured, neoclassical houses ring the harbour. The award-winning Italian film Mediterraneo was shot here.<\/p>\n

Meganisi, Greece<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is one of the smaller and more quaint Ionian islands, just off the east coast of Lefkas. You fly to Prevesa on the mainland and then have about an hour\u2019s transfer by road and ferry. There are beaches, but the island is particularly popular with walkers. Look for a hotel near the attractive port of Vathy, where there are quayside tavernas.<\/p>\n

Ios, Greece<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe lyrical loveliness of Ios is reviving,\u201d says Bethany Hughes. \u00a0\u201cThe epic poet Homer woke up to a \u2018rosy-fingered dawn\u2019. Well, Ios is said to be the island where the bard saw his last sunset. In the Pathos Bar beautiful people in minute swimwear serenade the setting sun here \u2013 not to Party Rock Anthem but with Nessun Dorma. Expect acoustic concerts, sculpture trails, a full-blooded celebration of the fruits of the Mediterranean. Epic enjoyment in both the ancient and modern sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kea, Greece<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As the ferry manoeuvres in the narrow entrance to Kea\u2019s one-horse port, Korissia, you won\u2019t see a crowd of room touts on the quay, or a flotilla of tourist boats busking their beach excursions with Zorba the Greek. This is not the style of an island which missed out on \u2013 or cleverly avoided \u2013 the Greek tourism boom and is largely ignored by island travellers because it has no connection with Piraeus. Kea draws on a civilised clientele of Athenian weekenders and second home owners in retreat from the city.<\/p>\n

Koufonissia, Greece<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hidden away between the larger Cycladic islands of Naxos and Amorgos, Koufonissia (plural) is made up of two tiny islets, Ano Koufonissi (Upper Koufonissi) and Kato Koufonissi (Lower Koufonissi), which are separated by a 200-metre sea channel. The sandy beaches that rim Ano Koufonissi’s south coast give onto cerulean blue sea of a hue that seems confined to artists’ palettes, seemingly impossible in reality.<\/p>\n

Monemvasia, Greece<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rising dramatically from the sea, the medieval fortress town of Monemvasia (derived from two Greek words: ‘mone\u2019 and ’emvasi\u2019, meaning single entrance) in the southern Peloponnese clings to the face of a dramatic rock, which rises 320ft out of the water and is 1,000ft wide and more than half a mile long and was separated from the mainland by an earthquake in ad375. The upper town, home to the original fortress, is now a deserted ruin and ripe for exploration. Of special note is the well-preserved Agia Sophia, a 12th-century Byzantine church. Old Monemvasia\u2019s remaining residents live in the lower town, a mass of car-free cobbled alleyways gradually undergoing restoration and home to a handful of hotels, cafes, restaurants and four working churches (there were originally 40), including Christos Elkomenos (Christ in Chains), the largest medieval church in southern Greece.<\/p>\n

Source: tornosnews.gr<\/a><\/p>\n

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