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Wednesday, 07 November 2007 |
Cyclades Travel. All about the beautiful islands called Cyclades in Greece. Syra, Mykonos, Tenos, Paros, Naxos and Santorin are the most interesting, and of these Santorini and Paros are the most beautiful.
Cyclades TravelTHE CYCLADES. This is an archipelago of some thirty islands grouped round the island of Syra (Syros) the chief town of which is capital of the nome or province of the Cyclades.
Most of the islands have few trees, though they produce olives, grapes, figs and other fruit. Since the archipelago was occupied for three centuries by the Venetians, a large propor tion of the population is Catholic.
Syra, Mykonos, Tenos, Paros, Naxos and Santorin are the most interesting, and of these Santorini and Paros are the most beautiful. Most of them can be reached by the regular steam ship services from the Piraeus, and the above-named are usu ally visited by cruising steamers.
The sea on these journeys is occasionally rough, but the air is clear, and the islands of the Aegean for the most part enjoy a drier climate than those of the Ionian Sea. The Cyclades have a drier climate than the Islands near to the coast of Asia Minor and of Thrace,
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