Cyclades
The Cyclades are a group of Greek islands in the Aegean archipelago, located to the southeast of the Greek mainland. The Cyclades consist of 220 islands, of which only the major ones (Amorgós, Anáfe, Ándros, Antíparos, Delos, Escháte, Íos, Kéa, Kímolos, Kýthnos, Melos, Mýkonos, Náxos, Páros, Folégandros, Sérifos, Sífnos, Síkinos, Sýros, Tenos and Santoríni) are inhabited. The islands have been settled since prehiitoric times, with the most ancient traces found on Milos dating back to the 11th millennium BC. The Cycladic civilisation peaked during the 3rd millenium BC. The Cyclades are connected by numerous ferries.
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16 photos of Antiparos, a small island of the Cyclades located about 160km to the southeast of Athens
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23 photos of Delos, a Greek island of the Cyclades group and one of the most important archaeological sites in Greece
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69 photos of Milos, an island of volcanic origin in the Cyclades group in the Aegean
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120 photos of Santorini, one of the most scenic islands of the Cyclades group
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25 photos of Mykonos, an island of the Cyclades group and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Greece
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30 photos of Naxos, the largest of the Cycladic islands in the Aegean sea
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43 photos of Paros, a Greek island at the centre of the Cyclades group in the Aegean sea
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8 miscellaneous photos of various islands of the Cyclades group in the Aegean sea
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