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Naxos Island Greece
About the Greek island of Naxos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Naxos (mentioned by Homer as Zia or Zeus Island)
ISLAND GROUP: Cyclades Greek Islands
POPULATION: About 14,000 of whom about 3,700 live in Naxos town.
GEOGRAPHY: Naxos is the largest of the Cyclades islands, 32km long by 24.5km wide, with an area of 428 sq km.
GENERAL IMPRESSIONS: Venetian towers, tourist development, river beds and waterfalls of oleanders cascading down mountainsides.
SPECIALITIES: Kitron liqueur (made from lemon tree leaves), white promponas wine, Naxos sausage (tasting like a shish kebab, and emery
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MAIN TOWNS: Naxos is the main port and captial town of the island. It is a busy commercial seaport with holiday resorts on either side. Has one of the best sandy beaches in the Cyclades and there is lots and lots of holiday accommodation in the maze of alleyways. Appolanas is 30 km from Naxos town on a northern bay sheltered by high mountainsides and is a tourist resort in its own right. Lionas is 44 km from Naxos and has an orleander planted river bed that tumbles down a steep gorge. The beach at the bottom of the bay is made up of large pebbles.
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