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North Aegean Islands (Island Complex)
Chios Old Windmills |
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Chios, Fourni, Ikaria, Lesvos, Limnos, Samos
Chios Secluded Beach |
Welcome to Chios!Crescent-shaped, with its inward-curving shore facing the Aegean, Chios’ lower slopes of the volcanic chain that cuts it in two are thickly cultivated with olives, fruit, vines and, above all, mastic trees. The most important must-see for the traveler is, of course, the town of Chios (also spelled Hios or Khios). ...
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Fourni, the picturesque capital of Fourni island |
Welcome to Fourni!Fourni Island is the third island of Samos' prefecture. Fourni is actually an island complex southwest of Samos and southeast of Ikaria, accessible by ship, boats and flying dolphins. The complex consists of 12 islands, 3 large (Fourni, Thymaina, Agios Minas) and 9 smaller ones, an ideal environment for seabirds, among which is the rare sea-gull of the Aegean (Aegeoglaros). ...
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Ikaria Secluded Beach |
Welcome to Ikaria!Entwined with legend and myth, and combining just about every natural feature to be found on a Greek island, Ikaria is not as well known as its famous neighbor, Samos. ...
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Lesvos Traditional Bakery |
Welcome to Lesvos!... the typical Greek Island you are NOT accustomed to! Lesvos, the island of lush greenery. ...
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Limnos |
Welcome to Limnos!Limnos (or Lemnos, as it is often spelled) is the eighth largest island in the Aegean Sea and lies in the North Aegean, between Lesvos and Samothraki. The island is some 475 square kilometers (150 square miles) in size, with mountains and fertile valleys and with a coastline of 260 kilometers (161.5 miles). It actually forms one Prefecture together with Lesvos and a smaller island, Aghios Efstratios. ...
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Samos Tsabou Beach |
Welcome to Samos!The exquisite island of Samos lies in the Eastern Aegean, very close to the coast of Asia Minor, in the heart of Ionia, almost midway along the sea route that links Greece with Anatolia, the Black Sea, Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean. The name Samos is most probably of Phoenician origin and, according to Strabo, it means an elevated place on the shore. ...
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Lesvos "Kremasti" Bridge |
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Samos Island Town |
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