It rises in
the heart of the Aegean and is sure more prospers of the Cicladi islands. The variety of
the landscape, characterized from fertile valleys alternated to mountains interrupted
extended impervie and from spiagge from scogli that they sink abruptly in the blue of the
sea, renders only Naxos to the eyes of the visitor. In mythology the island was the
dwelling of Arianna, than it came here abandoned from Teseo after the killing of the
Minotauro. Numerous presents in the museums of the island and the several localities are
the archaeological testimonies, immancabile the visit to the Kouros di Naxos, one of the
statues dedicated to Dionisio. The center, Naxos or Chora, are undoubtedly one of the
beautifulst cities of the Cicladi, with its alleys, the typical one porticciolo, the
dominant veneziana fortress and the fascinating Portara, the portale of the tempio of
Apollo who surpasses the port, become the symbol of the island. The divertimento to Naxos,
does not lack: from typical premises to famous discotheques like the Work, the Ocean and
the Infinitive. The coasts are fuller of rocks to protect south and more from the wind to
the west, where the spiagge are found beautifulr and sabbiose like Aghios Prokopis, Mikri
Vigla, Kastraki, Alikos, Pirgaki and Agiassos. For one more deepened visit of the island
the chartering of means of transport is advisable. |