Greek islands are the most popular places for yachting in Greece.
ALL-GREECE offers you fully different routes that provide you the opportunity to create a trip where you can enjoy the best of the Greek islands including its majestic ports, ancient landscapes, and wild nightlife. Duration of routes can be different; it can be one day route, three day route, one, two week route and more. If you go by a yacht for more than two weeks, you can visit islands in two seas. Such kind of a trip gives you opportunity to explore the islands you visit.
The Ionian Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. It is bounded by southern Italy including Calabria, Sicily and the Salento peninsula, to the west, by southwestern Albania, including Saranda and Himara, and a large number of Greek Islands. Ionian Sea can be divided into two parts: southern and northern parts. Ionian Sea is perfect for those who like windsurfing, diving and snorkeling.
The Ionian Islands are located in the Ionian Sea, in the western part of Greece. The Ionian Islands are some of the most popular Greek islands and attract a lot of those who is fond of yachting. They are composed of Corfu, Lefkada, Kefalonia, Zakunthos, Ithaca, Paxoi, Kythira and some others. These islands are known for their beautiful beaches, their charming villages and their verdant landscapes.
Ionian Sea is connected with Aegean Sea through Korinthos channel- one of the beautiful channels in the world. Neron started the project realization of the channel. In 1883 a French company took responsibility for the building of the channel and in 1883 it was ready. The channel is of 80 m height, 6343 m length and 24 m width. Color of the sea there is unbelievably blue.
The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey respectively. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelle and Bosporus. The Aegean Islands are within the sea and some bound it on its southern periphery, including Crete and Rhodes.
Aegean Islands can be divided into several regions:
- Crete
- Cycladic Islands
- Dodecanese Islands
- North-eastern Aegean Islands (Eastern Sporades)
- Euboea Island
- Northern Sporades
- Peloponnese
- Sardonic Bay
Crete is the biggest Island in Aegean Sea and is the border between Europe and Africa.
Cycladic islands are composed of 56 islands in the "ring" shape. Islands of this group are situated very close to each other and each island is interesting in its own way. The Cyclades are the most famous of all Greek islands with Amorgos, Anafi, Andros, Antiparos, Delos, Ios, Kea, Kimolos, Folegandros, Milos, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Santorini, Serifos, Sikinos, Sifnos, Syros and Tinos. Here you can find vivid cosmopolitan nightlife and at the same time tranquility and peace....
Cycladic islands are divided into three groups:
Northern Cyclades- Kea, Kithnos, Andros, Tinos, Siros, Delos, Mykonos, Rinia.
Central Cyclades- Serifos, Sifnos, Paros, Antiparos, Naxos, Donussa, Iraklia, Shinussa, Kufinisia, Amorgos.
Southern Cyclades- Milos, Kimolos, Folegandros, Sikinos, Ios, Santorini, Anafi.
Dodecanese Islands is the part of eastern border between Greece and Turkey. There are 163 small islands, 26 of which are inhabited. Dodecanese islands can be divided into three groups: Northern, Central and Southern Dodecanese islands.
Euboea (Evia) is the second largest of the Greek Aegean Islands and the second largest Greek island overall in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from the mainland of Greece by the Euboic Sea. In general outline it is a long and narrow, seahorse-shaped island; it is about 150 km (90 miles) long, and varies in breadth from 50 km (30 miles) to 6 km (4 miles). Its general direction is from northwest to southeast, and it is traversed throughout its length by a mountain range, which forms part of the chain that bounds Thessaly on the east, and is continued south of Euboea in the lofty islands of Andros, Tinos and Mykonos.
Northern Sporades (Skiathos, Skopelos, Alonosos, Skiros, Pelagos, Peristera, Piperi, Psatura and others) are covered with pine and olive trees. You will be surprised by seeing here huge mountains, great variety of different trees and flowers, beautiful beaches, rivers and bays.
North-eastern Aegean islands are composed of a lot of small islands but only 20 of them are inhabited. The most famous of them are: Tasos, Samotraki, Limnos, Mitilini (Lesbos), Samos, Ikaria, Furna.
Sardonic Bay is the biggest bay in Greece and it occupies the territory of 740 sq.m. The bay was named because of the King Saron who was the king of Trezena town. Argosaronic islands are: Aigina, Poros, Hydra, Spetses. These islands are situated close to Attici coast and along Peloponnesus eastern coast.
Such islands as, Gavdos, Elafonissos and Trizonis, do not belong to any group of islands but are very beautiful.
Examples of possible routes
One week trip from Athens:
SARONIC BAY
Marina Alimos-Poros-Spetses-Leonidio-Kiparissi-Hydra-Marina Alimos
Marina Alimos- Metana-Hydra-Spetses-Poros-Aigina-Marina Alimos
Marina Alimos-Epidaurus-Metana-Poros-Sunio-Aigina-Marina Alimos
CYCLADIC ISLANDS
Port Lavrio-Kea-Tinos-Mykonos-Siros-Kithnos-Port Lavrio
SARONIC BAY AND CYCLADIC ISLANDS
Port Lavrio-Kea-Hydra-Spetses-Poros-Metana-Port Lavrio
Two week routes from Athens :
SARONIC BAY AND PELOPONNESE
Athens-Poros-Spetses-Monemvasia-Herakas-Kiparissi-Leonidio-Porto Heli-Dokos-Hydra-Angistri-Epidauros-Aigina-Athens
Marina Alimos-Metana-Poros-Hydra-Kiparissi-Leonidio-Astros-Nafplio- Drepano-Spetses-Poros-Aigina-Marina Alimos
Marina Alimos-Aigina-Hydra-Spetses-Kiparissi-Gerakas-Monemvasia-Ermioni-Poros-Metana-Epidaurus-Marina Alimos
SARONIC BAY ABD CYCLADIC ISLANDS
Athens-Kithnos-Siros-Mykonos-Paros-Serofos-Hydra-Poros-Angistri-Epidaurus-Aigina-Athens
Three week routes from Athens:
Marina Alimos-Metana-Poros-Spetses-Monemvasia-Elafonosos-Plitra-Kitira-Gerakas-Kiparissi-Leonidio-Astros-Nafplio-Tolo-Drepano-Hydra-Aigina-Marina Alimos
Port Lavrio-Kea-Kitnos-Hydra-Leonodoi-Gerakas-Monemvasia-Kiparissi-Astros-Nafplio-Tolo-Drepano-Spetses-Poros-Metana-Sunio-port Lavrio
CYCLADIC ISLANDS
One week trips Mykonos-Mykonos:
Mykonos-Rinia-Siros-Paros-Sifnos-Serifos-Mykonos
Mykonos-Naxos-Shinussa-Santorini-Ios-Paros-Mykonos
Two week trips Mykonos-Mykonos:
Mykonos-Rinia-Siros-Serifos-Sifnos-Folegandros-Ios-Santorini-Shinussa-Amorgos-Kufonissi-Naxos-Paros-Mykonos
Mykonos-Ikaria-Furni-Arki-Patmos-Lipsi-Leros-LEVITA-Amorgos-Iraklia-Paros-Siros-Rinia-Mykonos
CYCLADIC AND DODECANESE ISLANDS:
Two week trip Mykonos-Mykonos:
Mykonos-Patmos-Arki-Lipsi-Leros-Kalimnos-Levita-Amorgos-Kufonissi-Shinussa-Paros-Rinia-Mykonos
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