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Aegean

Things to see in Aegean

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

A white-washed church with a prominent blue dome and a separate bell tower, situated on a cliff overlooking the deep blue sea under a clear sky.

Santorini · Churches

White Buildings With Blue-domed Churches

White-washed churches with blue domes in Oia
AI-generated illustration of Miaouli Park

Ermoupoli · Parks

Miaouli Park

Plateia Miaouli, or Miaouli Square, the main square of Ermoupoli on Syros, works as the town's living room: a broad marb...
A display case containing a large pile of carbonized organic remains (identified as figs) alongside two small ceramic vessels and one larger ceramic pitcher on a white shelf.

Kos · Archaeological Museums

Archaeological Museum of Kos

In a modernist building from the period of Italian rule over the Dodecanese, facing Eleftherias Square in the centre of...
A coastal view of a hillside village with whitewashed cubic houses leading up to a large ancient fortress on the summit, overlooking a sandy beach and turquoise sea.

Rhodes · Acropolis Sites

Lindos Village

Climbing in tiers up the slope beneath its acropolis, Lindos Village is a village of whitewashed cubic houses and narrow...
A stone-arched alley in the medieval village of Mesta on Chios

Chios · Medieval Towns

Mesta Medieval Village

Mesta Medieval Village is the best preserved of the villages of South Chios, a settlement built to defend itself that lo...
A view from a white terrace with a pool and closed umbrellas looking out over the caldera towards a prominent, jagged volcanic rock formation jutting into the sea.

Santorini · Historic Sites & Ruins

Skaros Rock

Imerovigli rock formation with caldera views
A view through a stone archway of the entrance to the Old Port of Rhodes, featuring the Fort of Saint Peter and the lighthouse on a rocky breakwater.

Rhodes · Fortifications

Old Town of Rhodes (Medieval Town)

Inside a ring of massive walls on the northern tip of the island, the Old Town of Rhodes, also called the Medieval Town,...
An elevated view of a Greek village with terracotta-roofed buildings, a white church with a dome and bell tower in the foreground, and a backdrop of olive groves and hills.

Naxos · Churches

Halki

Historic village with Venetian towers in central Naxos
A large Neoclassical building with a grand staircase, a central statue on a pedestal surrounded by Greek flags and cannons, and people sitting on the steps.

Ermoupoli · Urban & Local Life

Miaouli Square

Miaouli Square is the formal centre of Ermoupoli, laid out in the nineteenth century on what was once a sandy, partly pl...
A close-up photograph of a large, dark wooden double door with a grid of carved square panels, set within a thick wooden frame and surrounded by whitewashed stone walls.

Patmos · Monasteries

Monastery of Saint John the Theologian

The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian dominates the hilltop above Chora, the main settlement of Patmos, and the isl...
A tall, reconstructed ancient stone column standing on a stone base amidst ruins, with hills and a clear blue sky in the background.

Samos · Religious Heritage

Heraion Of Samos

UNESCO site with ancient Ionic temple ruins
A row of old, rusted cannons lined up on a stone parapet next to a crenellated stone wall and a tall stone tower.

Rhodes · Castles

Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes

The Palace of the Grand Master, part of the UNESCO World Heritage listing of the Old Town, rises at the top of the Stree...