South Aegean
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The South Aegean is the Greece of postcards: the Cyclades with their whitewashed villages and the Dodecanese strung along the Turkish coast, from medieval Rhodes to tiny Kastellorizo.
It is also the most seasonal part of the country. In July and August tables in Santorini, Mykonos and Rhodes Old Town need booking days ahead.
57 destinations · 99 restaurants listed
Cyclades
Adamas
Αδάμαντας
Milos's port, on one of the largest natural harbours in the Mediterranean.
Amorgos
Αμοργός
A long, steep island with the Hozoviotissa monastery on a cliff face.
Anafi
Ανάφη
East of Santorini, below a monolith second only to Gibraltar.
Andros
Άνδρος
Green, watered and walkable, with shipowner mansions and a modern art museum.
Ano Mera
Άνω Μερά
Mykonos's inland village, around the Panagia Tourliani monastery.
Antiparos
Αντίπαρος
A short ferry hop from Paros, with a cave and a single main street.
Delos
Δήλος
An uninhabited island that was one of antiquity's great sanctuaries.
Donousa
Δονούσα
A remote Small Cyclades island east of Naxos.
Ermoupoli
Ερμούπολη
Syros's neoclassical capital, with a marble square and an opera house.
Fira
Φηρά
Santorini's capital, hanging over the volcano.
Folegandros
Φολέγανδρος
A cliff-edge chora and a quiet, walkable interior.
Imerovigli
Ημεροβίγλι
The highest point of the caldera rim, above Skaros rock.
Ios
Ίος
A hilltop chora, Mylopotas beach and a long-standing party reputation.
Iraklia
Ηρακλειά
The quietest of the Small Cyclades, with a large cave.
Kamari
Καμάρι
Black-sand beach below the cliff of Ancient Thera.
Kea
Κέα (Τζιά)
The closest Cyclade to Athens, with oak valleys and stone paths.
Kimolos
Κίμωλος
A short crossing from Milos, with chalk cliffs and few visitors.
Koufonisia
Κουφονήσια
Tiny, flat and ringed by clear shallow water in the Small Cyclades.
Kythnos
Κύθνος
Hot springs at Loutra and the sandbar beach of Kolona.
Milos
Μήλος
Volcanic rock formations, mining history and more than seventy beaches.
Mykonos
Μύκονος
Little Venice, the windmills and a nightlife season that runs to October.
Naoussa
Νάουσα Πάρου
A fishing harbour turned dining and nightlife centre on northern Paros.
Naxos
Νάξος
The biggest and most self-sufficient Cycladic island: mountains, cheese and long beaches.
Naxos Chora
Χώρα Νάξου
The port under a Venetian kastro, beside the Portara gate.
Oia
Οία
Santorini's northern village, built along the caldera rim.
Parikia
Παροικιά
Paros's port, behind the Panagia Ekatontapiliani church.
Paros
Πάρος
A central Cyclades hub of marble villages, beaches and ferry links.
Perissa
Περίσσα
Long black beach on Santorini's south-east shore.
Plaka
Πλάκα Μήλου
Milos's hilltop capital, known for its sunset viewpoint.
Pyrgos
Πύργος Σαντορίνης
The old inland capital, a spiral of lanes around a castle.
Santorini
Σαντορίνη
The caldera, the volcanic beaches and Greece's most reserved sunset tables.
Schinoussa
Σχοινούσα
A handful of beaches and one hill village in the Small Cyclades.
Serifos
Σέριφος
A dramatic chora above the port, with old iron mines inland.
Sifnos
Σίφνος
Pottery, chickpea stew and a reputation as the Cyclades' cooking island.
Sikinos
Σίκινος
One of the least-developed Cyclades, between Ios and Folegandros.
Syros
Σύρος
The administrative capital of the Cyclades, lived in all year.
Tinos
Τήνος
A pilgrimage island of marble villages, dovecotes and serious cooking.
Dodecanese
Agathonisi
Αγαθονήσι
A few dozen residents on the northern edge of the Dodecanese.
Astypalaia
Αστυπάλαια
Butterfly-shaped, with a Venetian castle chora; Cycladic in feel.
Faliraki
Φαληράκι
Rhodes's main beach resort strip.
Halki
Χάλκη
One harbour village of pastel mansions west of Rhodes.
Ialysos
Ιαλυσός
Windsurfing coast on Rhodes's north-west shore.
Kalymnos
Κάλυμνος
The sponge-diving island, now a world-class climbing destination.
Kardamena
Καρδάμαινα
Kos's southern resort and the boat to Nisyros.
Karpathos
Κάρπαθος
A long, windy island with the isolated mountain village of Olympos.
Kasos
Κάσος
The southernmost Dodecanese island, with a seafaring history.
Kastellorizo
Καστελλόριζο
Greece's easternmost point, a single harbour off the Turkish coast.
Kefalos
Κέφαλος
Above Kamari bay at the western end of Kos.
Kos
Κως
Hippocrates's island: Roman ruins, flat cycling routes and long beaches.
Leros
Λέρος
Deep bays, Italian-era architecture and a hilltop castle.
Lindos
Λίνδος
White houses under an acropolis above St Paul's Bay.
Lipsi
Λειψοί
A small, calm island of coves next to Patmos.
Nisyros
Νίσυρος
A live volcanic caldera you can walk into.
Patmos
Πάτμος
The Cave of the Apocalypse and a fortified monastery above the chora.
Rhodes
Ρόδος
A walled medieval city, long east-coast beaches and Lindos.
Symi
Σύμη
Neoclassical houses stacked around one of the Aegean's prettiest harbours.
Tilos
Τήλος
A protected nature island running on renewable power.
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Good to know
- What are the main destinations in South Aegean?
- Woltaro covers 57 destinations in South Aegean, grouped by area on this page — Cyclades, Dodecanese and more. Each one has its own page with restaurants, beaches, attractions and things to do.
- When is the best time to visit South Aegean?
- Late spring and early autumn are usually the easiest: warm enough to swim in most of Greece, without the July and August crowds or prices. Mountain areas are at their best outside summer.
- Do I need to book restaurants in South Aegean?
- In high season, yes, especially for dinner in the well-known towns. Restaurants listed on Woltaro can be reserved online; others are shown for reference with their address and map location.