Greek islands

The Cyclades is a cluster of islands in the Aegean Sea in Greece, that lies generally between 36th and 38th parallel north and between East 24th and 26th meridians.

The arrangement of islands are in two parallel lines of continuity in the Evia Sounio line and giving the individual discrimination in Western and Eastern Cyclades, which are the homonymous Cyclades prefecture. The total population of the prefecture is 112,615 inhabitants (2001 census) and the seat in Ermoupolis.

The Cyclades islands located north of Crete and south of Athens, Attica and Evia and west of the Dodecanese islands.They are dry and rocky and they have a rather low vegetation and in certain islands there is almost no vegetation (with the exception of the islands of Andros, Paros and Naxos which, in contrast, have a wonderful lush vegetation). Some of the Cyclades have not enough water supplies.
In the summer, especially in July and August, comes the Meltemi the strong wind from the North who is a blessing because the high temperatures are dicreased, because of the strong winds of the meltemi some times the smaller passenger boats and hydrofoils have often delays.

The Cyclades islands are the most visited Greek islands, they are a group of 56 islands of which, however, only thirty are inhabited. They situated in the Aegean, and as the name implies, are ordered to a circle  around the sacred island of Delos, one of the most important archaeological sites in Greece.
In the middle of the Cyclades, not far from the island of Delos, there are some other very touristy Islands,Mykonos, Syros (capital of the Cyclades) and Tinos that is one of the most important religious centers of Greece, to the north of Tinos is the island of Andros.
Most of the Cyclades, are the typical Greek island. The  Chora  as the locals call it is the capital of the island, Chora is often the classic white village small or big made up of narrow alleys, windmills, houses and countless cubic white churches with blue domes.
The most touristy islands of the Cyclades are Mykonos, Paros, Naxos, Ios and Santorini. These islands have every kind of fun, good tourist infrastructure, beautiful beaches of golden sand (except Santorini, where the sand is black), and crystalline waters.
If you are looking for a little more quite islands, then you should go and spend your holidays in Milos, Serifos, Sifnos, Milos or Folegandros, where life here is still unspoiled by the package tourism and holidays.
Many islands will initially seem very similar among themselves, then in reality, when you visit them they are different, each island has its own charm and in the end, the only thing that is common are  the magnificent beaches that can be found in every corner of the islands.

To the Cyclades islands belong,Serifos, Sifnos, Sikinos, Anafi, Kimolos, Antiparos, Folegandros, Naxos, Andros, Paros, Tinos, Milos, Kea, Amorgos, Ios, Kythnos, Mykonos, Syros, Santorini, or Thira, Makronisos, Heraclea, Yiaros , Keros, Rineia, Donousa, Thirassia, Schinoussa, Koufonisia, Delos, Antiparos.

The six small islands between Amorgos and Naxos, are the small Cyclades. These are , Koufonisia islands, Heraclea, Schinoussa, Donousa and Keros.