The main point of visiting Santorini is to relax on the cliffs of this crescent-shaped Greek island and admire the view. Santorini is small enough that you feel like you can see the entire coastline from any number of vantage points. As you gaze past the white cubic houses set in the volcanic rock and […]

Naxos, the largest of the Greek Cyclades islands, doesn’t shut down to the extent that Santorini does — there are far more year-round residents. Yet most of the businesses catering to tourists close by the end of October, as many of those are owned by people who live in Athens. The hotels reopen in April, […]

Today would not be a particularly good day to visit Santorini. It’s rainy, windy and in the low 50s there — typical January weather for Greece’s Cyclades islands. And because it’s the off-season, most of the tavernas and hotels are closed, and the whole island is very quiet until at least Easter. But today is […]