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The Best Attractions In South Aegean

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The South Aegean is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It consists of the Cyclades and Dodecanese island groups in the central and southeastern Aegean Sea.
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The Best Attractions In South Aegean

  • 2. Sunset in Oia Oia
    Oia or Ia is a small village and former community in the South Aegean on the islands of Thira and Therasia, in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the municipality of Santorini, of which it is a municipal unit. It covers the whole island of Therasia and the northwesternmost part of Santorini, which it shares with the municipal unit of Santorini. The main street is named Nikolaou Nomikou. The population was 1,545 inhabitants at the 2011 census, and the land area is 19.449 km2.Oia was previously known as Apano Meria , a name which still occurs locally as Pano Meria, and the inhabitants are still called Apanomerites . The Ancient Greek Oia was one of the two harbours of ancient Thera and was located in the southeast of the island, where Kamari is n...
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  • 3. Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes Rhodes Town
    The Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, also known as the Kastello , is a medieval castle in the city of Rhodes, on the island of Rhodes in Greece. It is one of the few examples of Gothic architecture in Greece. The site was previously a citadel of the Knights Hospitaller that functioned as a palace, headquarters, and fortress.
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  • 5. Platis Gialos Beach Platys Gialos
    Platys Gialos or Platis Yalós is 1) a beach in Mykonos, Greece. Platys Gialos offers Luxury Hotels and Resorts and a sandy beach. Located in the south side of the island, in a distance of 4km from Mykonos town . 2) a beach in Sifnos, Greece. Located in the southeast of the island facing Folegandros and Sikinos. There are a lot of cafés and restaurants along the beach and a marina.
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  • 7. Lindos Beach Lindos
    Lindos is an archaeological site, a fishing village and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 178.9 km2. It lies on the east coast of the island. It is about 50 km south of the town of Rhodes and its fine beaches make it a popular tourist and holiday destination. Lindos is situated in a large bay and faces the fishing village and small resort of Charaki.
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  • 8. Acropolis of Lindos Lindos
    The Acropolis of Rhodes is an acropolis dating from the Classical Greek period located approximately 3 kilometers from the centre of the city of Rhodes, Rhodes. The partially reconstructed part of the site consists of the Temple of Apollo below which is a stadium and a small theatre. It is included in a large park, Monte Smith, named for English Napoleonic admiral William Sidney Smith.
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  • 10. Museum of Prehistoric Thera Fira
    The Museum of Prehistoric Thera is located in Fira, on the island of Santorini in Greece. It was built on the site of the old Ypapanti Church which was destroyed in the 1956 Amorgos earthquake. The Museum houses a very large number of ancient artefacts from various excavations on Santorini, such as at Akrotiri , and at the nearby Potamos site. The earliest excavations on Santorini were conducted by French geologist F. Fouque in 1867, after some local people found old artifacts at a quarry. Later, in 1895-1900, the digs by German archeologist Baron Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen revealed the ruins of ancient Thera on Mesa Vouno. He focused on the settlements of 9th century BC there, believed to be a Spartan colony. Also, a little later, R. Zahn excavated in the locality of Potamos, under ...
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  • 11. Ancient Thera Kamari
    Ancient Thera is an antique city on a ridge of the steep, 360 m high Messavouno mountain on the Greek island of Santorini. It was named after the mythical ruler of the island, Theras, and was inhabited from the 9th century BC until 726 AD. Starting in 1895, Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen systematically investigated the city until 1904. Later excavations by N. Zapheiropoulos between 1961 and 1982, under the auspices of the Archaeological Society of Athens, unearthed the city's necropolis in Sellada. Findings from these excavations are on exhibit at the archaeological museum in Fira. Excavation work was again taken up between 1990 and 1994 under the leadership of Wolfram Hoepfner of the Free University of Berlin and resulted in a more precise understanding of the history of the southern Ae...
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  • 12. Archaeological Museum of Mykonos Mykonos Town
    Skyros is an island in Greece, the southernmost of the Sporades, an archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Around the 2nd millennium BC and slightly later, the island was known as The Island of the Magnetes where the Magnetes used to live and later Pelasgia and Dolopia and later Skyros. At 209 square kilometres it is the largest island of the Sporades, and has a population of about 3,000 . It is part of the regional unit of Euboea. The Hellenic Air Force has a major base in Skyros, because of the island's strategic location in the middle of the Aegean.
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  • 13. Skaros Rock Imerovigli
    Skaros, also known as Skaros Rock, Fortress Skaros or Castle Skaros, is a rock formation and collection of ruins on the Greek island of Santorini.
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  • 14. Faliraki Beach Faliraki
    Faliraki is the primary seaside resort village on the Greek island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese. It is situated on Faliraki Bay, on the northeastern coast, about 14 km south of the town of Rhodes and 10 km southeast of the airport. It is part of the municipality Kallithea.
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  • 15. Aegean Maritime Museum Mykonos Town
    The Aegean Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Mykonos, Greece. The founder and chairman of the museum, George M. Drakopoulos, received the Athens Academy Award and the World Ship Trust's Award for Individual Achievement for the foundation of the museum. A non-profit institution, it was founded in 1983 and in 1985 opened to the public in a Mykonian building of the 19th century, located in the area known as Tria Pigadia in the town centre. The museum aims to undertake the preservation, promotion and study of Greek maritime history and tradition and specializes in the merchant-ship history of the Aegean Sea. The Aegean Maritime Museum was the first ever Greek museum to restore living historical exhibits as they were originally designed and built. Exhibits that are living restorations inc...
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