Naxos, one of the top vacation places located on the Greek islands, is the largest of Cyclades archipelago located in Aegean Sea and was the center of the archaic Cycladic culture.
Naxos is nowadays a very popular tourist site for beach holidays in Greece, featuring several excellent resorts, hotels, apartments and villas. On island of Naxos can be found some of the most beautiful Greek beaches such as Agia Anna, Agios Prokopios, Alikos, Kastraki, Mikri Vigla, Plaka and Agios Georgios, most of them being located close to Hora.
Holiday Attractions & Points Of Interest In Naxos
Naxos is also the most fertile island of the Cyclades archipelago. It has a good supply of water into a region where fresh water is usually very hard to find. This happens because Mount Zas with 3,294 feet (1,004 meters) is the highest peak in Cyclades and tends to trap the clouds, permitting abundant rainfall. With such good climate, is not surprising that Naxos is a premier Greek tourist site. On the island are present many points of interest and all types of accommodations, from basic rooms and apartments to luxury resorts and villas lining awesome beaches or settled in lively cities such as Hora, the largest on Naxos.
Voyagers looking for perfect beach holidays in Naxos are on the right place in Hora because there are great amenities for water sports like swimming, scuba diving, snorkeling, sailing, yachting, parasailing, jet-skiing, and lots more. The outdoor activities belong to the preferred holiday attractions on Naxos, just like lounging on gorgeous beaches.
Like all Greek islands, Naxos is mentioned in many legends and myth. A legend says in the Heroic Age, before the Trojan War, Theseus abandoned on this island Ariadne, daughter of Minos, the king of Crete, after she helped him killing the Minotaur and escaping from Labyrinth. Dionysus, the god of wine and protector of the island, met her and fall in love with she... They got married, but Ariadne, unable to bear her separation by Theseus, killed herself and ascended to heaven, being now visible as a constellation - the constellation of Ariadne!
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