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Aegean

Things to see in Aegean

95 sights, museums, parks and places worth the stop.

A white stone pillar with a spherical top stands in a dry, scrubby landscape with mountains in the background and a dirt road nearby.

Rhodes Β· Historic Sites & Ruins

St. Paul's Pillar

The name St. Paul’s Pillar is attached to a small corner of Rhodes lore, and it is worth separating the documented histo...

A wine tasting flight of five glasses on a tray with a view of the caldera and sea from a terrace.

Santorini Β· Local History Museums

Santo Winery

Santorini winery with caldera views

A large medieval fortress with crenellated stone walls sits atop a steep, rocky cliff, overlooking a cluster of white buildings and trees below under a blue sky.

Rhodes Β· Acropolis Sites

Lindos Acropolis and Acropolis Museum

The Acropolis Museum is in Athens, beside the Parthenon, while the Acropolis of Lindos, on the island of Rhodes, is an o...

A rocky, arid mountain summit with large boulders in the foreground and a view of the sea and distant islands on the horizon.

Naxos Β· Natural Landscapes

Mt. Zas

Highest peak in the Cyclades, located in Naxos, Greece.

A whitewashed stone building with a domed roof and scaffolding on the left, situated on a rocky outcrop under a clear blue sky.

Patmos Β· Historic Sites & Ruins

Cave of the Apocalypse

The Cave of the Apocalypse, also called the Sacred Grotto, is a small grotto on the hillside between Skala and Chora on...

A view inside a narrow, rough-hewn stone tunnel with wooden ceiling beams and modern green metal shoring supports lining the walls.

Samos Β· Archaeological Sites

Tunnel of Eupalinos

Just north of the ancient city of Pythagoreion on Samos, a tunnel more than a kilometre long runs straight through the c...

Colourful syrmata boathouses of Klima at the water’s edge on Milos

Milos Β· Village Centers

Klima Fishing Village

Colorful traditional boathouses in Milos, Greece

Entrance to an ancient Parian marble quarry gallery

Paros Β· Natural Landscapes

Marble Quarries of Paros

For much of antiquity the whitest and most translucent marble in the Greek world came from the hills of Paros, and the r...

AI-generated illustration of Sea Caves

Santorini Β· Beaches

Sea Caves

Volcanic sea caves along Santorini's caldera

A view of a reconstructed Roman villa courtyard featuring a central garden bed, surrounded by a two-story colonnade with marble columns and a tiled roof.

Kos Β· Archaeological Sites

Casa Romana

In 1933 a strong earthquake flattened much of Kos Town, and the rebuilding that followed brought one of the island's bes...

Ermoupoli seen from the sea, climbing up towards Ano Syros

Ermoupoli Β· Urban & Local Life

Kampos Region

Kampos is a Greek word for a plain or fertile lowland, and the Kampos Region of Syros is generally discussed together wi...

The image shows the ancient stone ruins of a Greek temple portico with four fluted columns and a section of entablature, situated on a rocky cliff overlooking the blue Aegean Sea.

Rhodes Β· Historic Sites & Ruins

Lindos Acropolis at Sunrise

Facing east across the open sea, the cliff of the Lindos Acropolis of Lindos is an ideal place to see the light change i...