Alonissos tops Times’ picks for new, alternative Greek isle destinations
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
The Times of London continued its more-or-less annual survey of Greece’s top island destinations, with verdant and “off-the-beaten” path Alonissos, in the central Aegean, topping the list.
Travel writer Dana Facaros, however, urges would-be British holiday-makers to choose new and “alternative” island destinations in Greece, ones that offer a more genuine Greek experience, and one away from customary but often overbooked and crowded vacation favorites.
Better transportation, especially ferry boat routes, is also cited as a reason.
Alonissos gets the "top nod" by also featuring Greece's first underwater museum, as the Sporades chain island has long been a favorite for divers and nature lovers, while it also hosts one of the largest congregations of the Monachus Monachus (Med) seal in the world.
Other destinations cited are lush Samos; remote Kythira, near-Athens Aegina; campers ’favorite Ikaria; small and spectacular Meganissi, just off popular Lefkada (also on the list) in the Ionian Sea, Odysseus ’Ionian isle of Ithaca; northern Thassos, another pine-covered isle not often visited by west European visitors; the large eastern Aegean island of Lesvos of migration crisis fame and the typically Cycladic island of infinite and secluded beaches, Milos.
Related items
- Schinas visits Dadia forest to address black vulture conservation efforts after the devastating fires of 2023
- Tourism Minister Kefalogianni meets new Japanese Ambassador Koichi Ito
- Mitsotakis-Erdogan Meeting in Ankara Fixed for May 13
- Hatzidakis in Washington for IMF and World Bank meetings
- Erdoğan flies off the bat: "Israel surpassed Hitler, it is a state of terrorists"
Latest from E.Tsiliopoulos
- Schinas visits Dadia forest to address black vulture conservation efforts after the devastating fires of 2023
- Tourism Minister Kefalogianni meets new Japanese Ambassador Koichi Ito
- Mitsotakis-Erdogan Meeting in Ankara Fixed for May 13
- Turks flock to Greek islands after vis-on-arrival process
- Hatzidakis in Washington for IMF and World Bank meetings