| Naxos can
claim to be one of them most popular Greek islands - at least
with island hoppers. Not only are the numbers visiting higher
than for any other island, but the average length of stay is
also greater than that for other popular islands. This isn't
surprising given that Naxos offers an alluring mix of an
attractive port town, a succession of wonderful, easily
accessible sand beaches, an interior landscape of lush valleys
and ruin-topped sky-lines, and good links to other islands.
Writers - ancient and modern - have regularly labeled Naxos as
the most beautiful of the Cyclades. |
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Not only is it the largest island in the
group, but it is a popular day-trip destination, and the
primary jumping off point for Amorgos and the little Cyclades.
Thanks to a prosperous agricultural base Naxos has long been
able to ignore the tourist market, but this is now changing.
The last decade has seen the opening of an airport, and a
large increase in the number of tourists. Fortunately, their
impact has been relatively benign, as the tourist strip is
confined to Naxos Town and its environs. At the moment Naxos
thus enjoys just enough tourism to make the typical tourist
feel comfortable, but not so much that the island's character
is irredeemably damaged.
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