Discover Naxos
Naxos is the first largest island of the Cyclades complex and offers great history and mythology, variety of activities, gastronomy based on traditional products produced on the island, lively nightlife and magical beaches.
The island, from north to south, is crossed by a low-altitude mountain range, the highest peak of which is Drios or otherwise Za, which means Jupiter or Zeus. According to mythology, this particular peak received its name from the birth and upbringing of Zeus in Naxos.
Naxos is the first largest island of the Cyclades complex and offers great history and mythology, variety of activities, gastronomy based on traditional products produced on the island, lively nightlife and magical beaches.
The island, from north to south, is crossed by a low-altitude mountain range, the highest peak of which is Drios or otherwise Za, which means Jupiter or Zeus. According to mythology, this particular peak received its name from the birth and upbringing of Zeus in Naxos.
What is worth buying from Naxos:
- Naxos Graviera (hard sweet cheese, PDO product produced from 80% cow’s milk or a mixture of cow-sheep milk and 20% goat’s milk.
- Cheeses of Naxos (Arseniko, xinotyri, xinomyzithra, white cheese, milk cheese, goat cheese and oil cheese)
- Naxos potatoes (PGI product produced since the beginning of the 19th century)
- Kitro Naxos (local liqueur of citrus, the spirit is consumed as an aperitif)
- Butter, yogurt, whipping cream
- Thyme honey
- Herbs
- • Wine
- • Loukoumi
- Traditional spoon sweets and jams
- Olive oil
What is worth tasting:
- Sefoukloti (traditional local pie with seskoula greens, rice, fresh onion, raisins and herbs)
- Rosto (Pork meat cooked with wine and garlic)
- Kalogeros (beef with cheese and eggplant)
- Melahrino (a type of walnut pie that contains a small amount of citrus and is usually served with traditional kaimaki ice cream made from sheep’s milk)
Distances
- 250 m from the sandy beach of Stelida
- 1.5 km from Agios Prokopios
- 4.5 km from the town of Naxos and the port
- 1.5 km from the airport
Beaches worth visiting:
- Agios Prokopios
- Psili Ammos
- Agia Anna
- Maragkas
- Plaka
- Kastraki
- Mikri Vigla
- Alyko
- Pyrgaki
- Ayassos
- Panermos
- Agios Georgios
- Orkos
- Glyfada