15 Greek islands
Some islands you visit. These ones keep you.
Swims before breakfast. Lunches that last until sunset. Village feasts that end at dawn. Island by island, and the places to stay while it all happens.
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What are you longing for?
Forget the spec sheets. Pick the feeling, and we'll show you the bay, the taverna and the room with the view.
Coves & lagoons
“Water so clear it looks lit from below”
Turquoise lagoons, wild pebble coves at the end of a dirt road, and a hot spring that runs into the sea.
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Villages & long tables
“Sunset from a mountain village, then dinner until midnight”
Stone lanes in the pines, raki with the owner and village feasts where everyone dances until dawn.
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Ancient stones
“Ancient stones at golden hour”
Minoan palaces, the birthplace of Hera and the sanctuary where the followers of Hippocrates healed the sick.
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Island by island
Choose your island
Greenest, sandiest, wildest, liveliest or the quietest of all: pick what you love and we rank the islands for it.
Κρήτη
Crete
Myth, mountains and the Libyan Sea
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Cyclades · Νάξος
Naxos
Ariadne's island, with marble villages and long sandy beaches
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Santorini
A ring of cliffs around a drowned volcano, with white villages on the rim
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Cyclades · Πάρος
Paros
The marble island, with a fishing harbour that glows at dusk
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Cyclades · Σίφνος
Sifnos
The Cycladic island of potters, old footpaths and the best cooking in the Aegean
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Cyclades · Μήλος
Milos
The volcanic island of coloured rocks, sea caves and painted boathouses
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Dodecanese · Κως
Kos
Island of Hippocrates, hot springs and long sandy beaches
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Dodecanese · Ρόδος
Rhodes
Island of the Knights, Lindos and two seas
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Dodecanese · Σύμη
Symi
A harbour of painted mansions, sponge divers' stories and coves you reach by boat
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Dodecanese · Πάτμος
Patmos
The island of the Apocalypse, quiet and white
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North Aegean · Ικαρία
Ikaria
The island where people forget to die
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North Aegean · Σάμος
Samos
Island of Hera, Pythagoras and Muscat wine
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North Aegean · Χίος
Chios
The mastic island, of medieval villages and citrus mansions
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North Aegean · Σαμοθράκη
Samothraki
The wild mountain island of waterfalls, plane forests and the Great Gods
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Ionian · Κέρκυρα
Corfu
The green Ionian island of Venetian lanes, olive groves and turquoise bays
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“I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.”
Romantic stays
Where you'll wake up
We picked each stay for its mornings, and for the view from the window when you wake.
Chania old town · Crete
Breakfast in a 17th-century Venetian courtyard
Casa Delfino · Boutique hotel · €€€
Armenistis · Ikaria
Step out of your room and onto Livadi beach
Erofili Beach Hotel · Beach hotel · €€
Kokkari · Samos
Wake above Kokkari with the whole north coast at your feet
Arion Hotel · 4-star hotel · €€€
Kos Town · Kos
Wake to the sea, a stroll from the Knights' castle
Kos Aktis Art Hotel · Design hotel · €€€
Rhodes Old Town · Rhodes
Sleep behind a red door in a knight's house from 1340
Kókkini Porta Rossa · Adults-only boutique hotel · €€€
Gialos · Symi
Open the shutters of an 1895 mansion onto the harbour
Hotel Aliki · Neoclassical boutique hotel · €€€
How we write
A guide that makes you want to go
How a place feels
What a village is like at seven in the morning and at midnight, then where to sleep for it.
Only-here moments
Village feasts until dawn, hot springs by the sea, a tunnel through a mountain, a gorge to the Libyan Sea.
5,000 years of history
Minoan palaces, the birthplace of Hera, the island of Icarus, told the way a good guide would tell them.
Tables and rooms we love
Family tavernas and stays with a view, picked for character, not star ratings.
Your island is already waiting
The sea is warm from June to October. The best rooms with a view go first.
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