WANDER AROUND
Buzzing with life year-round, Syros is a unique mix of architecture, nature, people, religions, all melting together into a small island in the Aegean Sea. The neoclassical Hermoupolis coexists with the medieval Cycladic Ano Syros, the traditional element with the cosmopolitan, the Orthodox tradition with the Catholic. The villages with traditional architecture and magnificent manors, the seaside resorts in the South with the untamed mountainous in the North.
THE ISLAND
Summer on Syros means sun-drenched days of fun by the sea. The island has everything from unpopulated paradises with secret bays and caves for diving in the North, to cosmopolitan beaches with restaurants, bars and hotels in the South.
If your idea for perfect vacations is finding hidden getaways, then board the Syros Adventures speedboat Perla1 which makes several return trips per day from the pier at Kini harbour to several remote, secluded beaches on the northwest side of Syros.
EAT
Syros boasts great places to eat such as Ciel by the sea for swimming forays, coffee, food and drinks, the most prestigious ONO Concept on the popular beach of Agathopes and allou yialou restaurant on the beach of Kini.
BUY SOMETHING
Loukoumi, the star of the island by Loukoumia Denaxa, San Michali cheese, a legend among the Greek cheeses, Louza from the best cuts of pork, homemade marmalades and jams by Arom, herbal teas by Cyclades Organics, organic thyme honey by Organic Beez, sausages with fennel, caper; the famous pickled unopened flower buds, Fabrica White, Fabrica Red and San Ta Maratha; wines made in a local winery, sunscreen and every day care cosmetics with highly concentrated natural ingredients from local organic farmers by Aegean Beauty.