Islands and Beaches

The Cyclades, the Ionian, Crete and the Dodecanese

Navagio Beach, Zakynthos

Navagio Beach, Zakynthos. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Greece has the longest coastline in the Mediterranean and around 6,000 islands and islets. The Cyclades are the white-and-blue postcard; the Ionian islands are green; Crete is a continent; the Dodecanese face Turkey. Pick your sea: the Aegean is wilder, the Ionian calmer.

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