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24/2 - Precelebration
25/2 - Torch Light Event
26/2 - Carnival Parade]]> naxos Events Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:42:20 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,298,301#msg-301 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,298,301#msg-301 windsurf rental business.]]> naxos Questions Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:14:29 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,298,298#msg-298 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,298,298#msg-298 seanc1 Questions Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:05:23 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,224,226#msg-226 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,224,226#msg-226 naxos Questions Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:12:24 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,223,225#msg-225 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,223,225#msg-225
Here are some prices from the biggest supermarket on the island:

Bread 1,80 Euro per kilo.
Bananas 1,70 Euro per kilo.
Cherries 4,50 Euro per kilo.
Apples 1,80 Euro per kilo.
Peaches 1,70 Euro per kilo.
Watermelon 0,60 Euro per kilo.
Melon 0,80 Euro per kilo.]]> naxos Questions Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:09:02 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,224,224#msg-224 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,224,224#msg-224 angle kite Questions Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:58:44 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,223,223#msg-223 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,223,223#msg-223
i plan on living there this summer and i'm trying to gauge the overall costs. thank you so much!.]]> angle kite Questions Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:46:05 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,212,221#msg-221 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,212,221#msg-221 conner061 Questions Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:31:57 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?6,219,219#msg-219 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?6,219,219#msg-219 Decomposed Pictures

Bazeos Tower
July 23– September 2, 2011
Daily: 10:00 - 17:00
Opening: Saturday, July 23, at 20:30

The exhibition organized every year at the Bazeos Tower, under the auspices of the Naxos Festival, is a result of exploration, attraction and cooperation. This year, the organizers revisit the photographic archives of the Benaki Museum, and, together with the curators of the archives, retrieve some very original and interesting material.
The exhibition is about photographs that would have never been put on display under normal circumstances: images that, despite their accuracy from a photographic point of view, have lost their narrative context.
In an archival photographic collection the loss of narrative context is the result of the partial or total destruction of the original material. This damage is mainly the result of unavoidable chemical reactions within its substrate, worsened by unsuitable environmental conditions in their storage prior to their induction into the Benaki Museum collections. What sparked the creation of this exhibition were the contents of drawer XXII, part of a metal filing cabinet located in an area housing the Archive’s original photographic material.
The contents of this “Drawer XXII” were an integral part of the archives of many well-known photographers such as Nicholas Tombazis, Dimitris Harissiades, Pericles Papahatzidakis, and Nelly’s and, despite extensive chemical decay to the substrate, they had been preserved. Obviously these images are not representative of the body of work of these photographers nor had they been stored with the intention of ever being put on display.
The “beauty” of decay was the source of inspiration for Benaki Museum photographer Leonidas Kourgiantakis. The “destroyed” negatives have been approached from a fresh perspective and were developed into images of intense aesthetic interest.
The presentation of these photographs in Naxos can be seen as a counterpoint to the ravages of time that are prevalent on the 17th century tower that hosts the exhibition. In an environment of this kind, the viewer is called upon to look beyond the apparent decay, from a personal perspective, to discover the “beauty”….to discover the essence within the remains. ‘Less is more’ after all, is the theme of the 11th Naxos Festival, which is characterized by presentations that are rich in content but minimal in form.

Curators: Leonidas Kourgiantakis, Aliki Tsirgialou
(Benaki Museum)
Coordinator: Marios Vazeos (AEON)
Organized by:
AEON Cultural Organization – Benaki Museum



Saturday 30/7 - 21:30
Aegean Jazz Concert
A journey through the world of Jazz led by a group of excellent musicians, such as the renowned German trombonist and composer, Markus Stockhausen, and the Greeks Yorgos Kaloudis on the cello, Vasilis Rakopoulos on the guitar and Takis Farazis at the piano.




Monday 1/8 - 21:30
Piano recital with Alexandra Papastefanou
The exceptional virtuosity and dexterity of the (Greek) international reveal special musical connections between works by Schumann, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Gulda, Debussy, Stravinsky, as well as by our very own Naxos composers, Kalogeras and Koukos.




Tuesday 2/8 – 21:30
An Evening with Alexandros Issaris, author-translator-artist. Excerpts from his latest prize-winning book, “Winkelman or, Destiny”, read by the actor Christos Stergioglou. Live musical fragments and videos of his artistic work will accompany the readings.



Thursday 4/8 – 21:30
Jazz Duo
Anders Lonne Gronseth, saxophone & David Skinner, piano.
The Norwegian popular duo, famous for their fusion of American jazz, European classical music, and works by contemporary composers such as Messiaen, Bartok and Ligeti, unfold their unique musical improvisations. Under the auspices of the Norwegian Embassy in Athens and the support of Norwegian Institute.




Sunday 7 and Monday 8/8 – 21:30
The Partali
A man who learnt to dress in women’s clothes and earn a living by transforming his traumatized life into performance is the protagonist of the monologue by Theodoros Grigoriadis.
Performer: Christos Stergioglou
Director: Stelios Krasanakis
Costumes: Kostas Velinopoulos
Lighting: Eleftheria Deko
Movement: Amalia Bennet
Video: Christos Dimas
A production of the Athens Festival in collaboration with the Naxos Festival and DI.PE.THE of Kavala.




Thursday 11/8 – 20:00
Why does the wind blow?
Puppet theatre with live music, songs and games based on a fairy tale from the island of Lefkada.
Adaptation of text and direction: FTOUXELEFTHERIA Group.
Narration and guitar: Kostantis Mizaras
Master Puppeteer: Angeliki Gounaridi




Saturday 13/8 – 21:30 – Temple of Dionysus in Iria
The Voices of the City
Mania Papadimitriou: narrator, vocalist and Kostas Vomvolos: keyboards, electronics and vocalist, perform excerpts from Italo Calvino’s “Invisible Cities”, Elias Canetti’s “The Voices of Marrakech” mingle with songs of Jacques Brel, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, Manos Hatzidakis, Mikis Theodorakis and others.
In collaboration with the 21st Ephorate of Classical Antiquities.




Tuesday 16/8 – 21:30
Maran Atha
Jasmine Kilaidoni in a two and a half hour tour-de-force monologue breathes life into the protagonists who dwell in the memories of a 90-year-old monk who proceeds into confession, after a 65-year vow of silence.
Adapted for the stage from the novel of the same name by Thomas Psyrras.
Director: Dimos Avdeliodis
Music: Vangelis Giannakis
Costumes and set design: Maria Passali




Friday 19/8 – 21:30
Camille Claudel: The Wave of Madness
The text traces the collision of the woman-creator with the triumphant force in a profoundly conservative era, in the throes of social change and male-dominated attitudes. Camille Claudel is crushed between her ambitious brother, the writer Paul Claudel, and the exuberant creator, her mentor and lover, August Rodin.
Actress: Lydia Fotopoulou
Direction and adaptation for the stage: Stelios Krasanakis
Translation: Roula Tsitouri
Set design and costumes: Dora Lelouda
Video: Christos Dimas
Movement: Amalia Bennet

Friday-Monday 26-29/8
Seminars in Drama Therapy
Conducted by Robert Landy, Professor of Drama Therapy at New York University.





All performances will take place at the Bazeos Tower except for the musical performance on Saturday 13/8 which will take place at the Temple of Dionysus in Iria.



Tickets (20€, concessions 15€) for the Naxos Festival are available from:
•Bazeos Tower: 12th kilometer Chora Naxos-Agiassos road. Tel. 22850 31402
•Naxos Tourist Information: Port of Chora Naxos. Tel. 22850 25480
•Cafe Citron: Paralia of Chora. Tel. 22850 22227
•Distillery of Vallindras: Chalki. Tel. 22850 31220]]> naxos Events Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:42:26 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?6,218,218#msg-218 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?6,218,218#msg-218

The Greek television daily show is coming to Naxos for a week, the show will be live every morning at the port road of Naxos. Music, dances and many famous Greek actors and singers will be there. You can also watch it live from Alpha TV.]]> naxos Events Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:41:33 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?6,216,216#msg-216 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?6,216,216#msg-216 ]]> naxos Events Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:49:49 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?6,215,215#msg-215 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?6,215,215#msg-215 naxos Events Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:21:53 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?6,214,214#msg-214 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?6,214,214#msg-214 ]]> naxos Events Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:12:25 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,212,213#msg-213 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,212,213#msg-213
You can find a list of some great spots for diving and snorkeling in our website at www.naxosguide.eu/scubadiving/ . In this page you will also find a couple of businesses which organize scuba diving activities in Naxos and they also rent the necessary gear.
I hope you will have a great time!]]> naxos Questions Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:15:44 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,212,212#msg-212 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,212,212#msg-212
I am visiting Naxos in July and i wonder if there is a good place for diving or snorkeling. Also could you let me know if there is a business which rent gear for scuba diving? Thank you.

Kenth]]> Kenth Questions Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:10:25 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,81,82#msg-82 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,81,82#msg-82
First of all about fishing, there is no organized business in Naxos doing this, you can only go on a scuba diving or snorkeling trip and you can find all the business doing this here www.naxosguide.eu/scubadiving/ . I guess that you could find someone on the port to hire and take you with his boat but i guess you have to be lucky and make a good choice in order to have fun.

You are right, there is no kayaking in Naxos, in Greece we use this term for rivers, when you do this in the sea we call it canoeing. You can rent a canoe in all the windsurfing businesses which you can find here www.naxosguide.eu/windsurf/ .

There is no sightseeing with horses, there are two kind of trips, the first is the beach as you said and in the second you follow a path through the fields. You should keep in mind that horse riding is rather expensive, it costs about 50 Euro per person, so 250 Euro for your family.

I hope i didn't disappoint you :) I think you should take a look at all the Naxos activities at www.naxosguide.eu/activities.htm . Sailing would be a nice thing to do but it is as expensive as the horse riding.

Let me know if i can help you with something.
Enjoy your holidays!]]> naxos Questions Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:03:52 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,81,81#msg-81 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,81,81#msg-81
We are a family of five traveling to Naxos, July 4-9; mom, dad and three teens. We would like to go on a fishing excursion or something low key as hiring someone to take us out fishing on their boat. We would also like to go kyaking - I have heard this is possible, but only find info about canoeing - perhaps this is what it is called in Greece? What area would have these rentals and lastly, are there such things as horse or donkey trips to villages and sight seeing, besides just the beaches?

Thanks so much!]]> suzbrownie Questions Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:00:52 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,79,80#msg-80 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,79,80#msg-80
Actually you don't have many choices, the international airports you can use to come to Naxos is Athens, Santorini and Mykonos. The ferry connection between Mykonos and Naxos is not usually very good so i wouldn't recommend it. Most people who don't want to use Athens airport, fly to Santorini and take the Blue Star ferry which arrives in Naxos at around 6 o'clock in the afternoon. On the other hand if you already have a booking in a hotel, 22:45 or even 23:45 (when the ferry goes to Syros island as well, 2 times every week) is not very late, you can still take a taxi and check in at your hotel, even if the hotel is in Agios Prokopios, Agia Anna or Plaka.]]> naxos Questions Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:42:52 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,79,79#msg-79 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,79,79#msg-79 Dieter Questions Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:11:01 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,55,70#msg-70 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,55,70#msg-70
Maro's Taverna is best and cheap resturant in naxos. The whole day this resturant is full beacuse locals also go their.maro also provide traditional greek food so you must go their once and must enjoy the food.

Thanks]]> johnandle Questions Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:45:13 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,20,69#msg-69 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,20,69#msg-69
Blue Star ferries provides ferries from naxos to Mykonos. you can check the schedule of Blue Star ferries. hope you come and enjoy the beautiful islands of greece.

Thanks]]> johnandle Questions Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:32:46 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,54,60#msg-60 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,54,60#msg-60 FJTXUVWU9ASS]]> naxos Questions Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:53:57 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,54,59#msg-59 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,54,59#msg-59
Oh, that was a little bit dissapointing :(
We so enjoyed the performances in May.

Do you know where we can listen to some bozouki-music and perhaps watch someone dancing to it aswell? Maybe some restaurants have some form of entertainment...

Looking forward to Naxos again :))]]> Ellie Questions Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:37:13 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,47,58#msg-58 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,47,58#msg-58
Am afraid i can't understand which workshop you are talking about so here is a little email list of jewelry shops in Naxos town:

Schima : adreaspa@otenet.gr
Butterfly : butterflynaxos@yahoo.gr
Melissinos : smelisin@otenet.gr
Victor beads : dimitriscat@hotmail.com

I hope that this list will help and you will find what you are looking for.]]> naxos Questions Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:01:06 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,54,57#msg-57 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,54,57#msg-57
The open air cinema is located about 150 metres from the police station on the way to the bus stop to Agios Prokopios beach. It is open until the end of September and you can see the film program here .

The Naxos Festival in Bazeos Tower finishes tomorrow (3rd of September) so i guess you are a little unlucky on that. September is usually a quiet month in Naxos and Greece generally, i don't know of any events or festivals taking place during this month but you can still ask when you arrive.

Enjoy your holidays in Naxos!]]> naxos Questions Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:53:39 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,55,56#msg-56 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,55,56#msg-56
I have a couple of suggestions for you, the cheapest (with good quality) restaurant i know is Elliniko, about 100 metres from the town's main square. Another quite cheap restaurant where many locals eat is Maro's, very close to the town's main square as well. I think you should try them both and make your decision. Have a nice time in our island!]]> naxos Questions Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:42:28 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,55,55#msg-55 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,55,55#msg-55 May you suggest me good and cheap tavernas where to have good and tasty greek food.
I don't like places for tourists but places where most of locals eat.

Thanks in advance and best regards
Igor]]> Igor Questions Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:57:49 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,54,54#msg-54 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,54,54#msg-54 I wonder where the Open Air cinema is located on the Island and if it still shows movies now in September?

Further I wonder how long the Naxos Festival will last (up at the Bazeos Tower)? Is it over for the summer or do they still host cultural events? We were on Naxos this May and went on several events, and now returning in September we wonder if there will be something Similar?

Best regards,
Ellie]]> Ellie Questions Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:43:36 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,48,52#msg-52 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,48,52#msg-52 Now all I have to do is to wait September 5th (:P)]]> Ana Questions Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:48:42 +0000 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,48,51#msg-51 http://www.naxosguide.eu/forum/read.php?4,48,51#msg-51 naxos Questions Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:08:13 +0000