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Hello my dreamers,
I hope you are well 🙂
After my first article on the island of Paros and its villages, I continue with this little article about the island of Naxos!
“with all these modified schedules, it’s better not to book anything important after or even before boarding”
For our round trip Paros-Naxos by ferry, we booked our tickets on directferries.com with Blue Star Ferries, for a total of 68€ for 2 people. As I already mentioned for our journeys between Santorini and Paros in my previous article, it was the same for our journeys between Paros and Naxos. Indeed, the ferry did not leave on time and once it was even more than an hour late! So my 2 tips are first, collect your tickets from the agency as soon as possible on D-Day, to know the “final” departure time as soon as possible. Because I think it’s never the same as the one we chose when booking online. Secondly, with all these modified schedules, it’s better not to book anything important after or even before boarding.
Apollo’s Temple
When you get out of the ferry, just walk 5 minutes to the left to reach Apollo’s temple, from where you have a very nice view of Naxos. There, we walked all day, and sometimes we were forced to walk on the road (it lacked a bit of sidewalks lol).
Lunch at Maro’s Taverna restaurant
We had lunch at Maro’s Taverna restaurant as it was well rated. Indeed, we were not disappointed by the tasty dishes at affordable prices, except for the moussaka, which was also huge. I love this Greek dish, so I was looking forward to eating it in Greece but it was a disappointment 😔 or I don’t like the “real” recipe, I don’t know 🤔 Luckily, I found the rest very good (a starter with cheese and super good garlic mushrooms)!
“A great view of the beach and the sea”
Before leaving, we found what looked like a very large abandoned building on top of a hill. To get there, when you get off the ferry, you have to walk along the port on the right. From up there, we had a great view of the beach and the sea.
The different faces of Naxos
Personally, I find that this island has several faces. There are :
- the old side with the modest houses in the narrow and typically Greek streets as if we were in a small village.
- the very touristy side near the port with a pretty and lively city center.
- the “big city” side with big houses, big streets and a lot of traffic but not attractive for tourists.
- the “small town” side not far from the beach where it seems that everyone knows each other.
To conclude, we really liked Naxos! Have you been there before? What other islands would you recommend to me?
See you soon for my next article about…Santorini! 😃
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