Rarely do you hear someone visit it and even more rarely climb high in their holiday preferences on Cyclades.
Maybe because it looks different from the other Cycladic islands. Maybe because we do not know what we are talking about!
So we are talking about an island that carries the Cycladic magic and is very close to Athens, Greece, which is why most people leave it for three days.
Kythnos, however, is another island diamond of our country, full of beautiful beaches ready to amaze you. THE thousand-sung Column is just one of them.
Not even two oritses from Lavrio and a little more than three from Piraeus meet one of the most picturesque islands of the Cyclades, which insists on simplicity and lines its rich and lacy coastline at our feet.
A series of coves and beaches is Kythnos that if the demand is for baths in picturesque locations, it has it in its pocket.
Dozens of coastlines are literally waiting for you to explore and each has its own way of winning you over. But it has many more.
It was once called Thermia, from the hot springs that we find until today in the bay of Loutra and make the sea a proper pool. In Kythnos you will also find the famous Panagia Kanala, which has its own famous story to tell.
We usually pass Kythnos and look deeper at Aegean, and we are the only ones who lose.
Few even today know what treasure is hidden on its shores…
The most impressive feature of Kythnos was revealed by the mayor of Stamatis Garderis in 2018.
Speaking to the APE-MPE agency, he characteristically stated that the island has 92 coves, coves and beaches and most of them are accessible by road. Close to 104 km is its coastline, put and count.
The road is difficult in some cases, but you are compensated by the landscape and the play of water with the color. Elsewhere it is deep blue and elsewhere it becomes turquoise. Features capable of making you distract yourself from what was bothering you before you set foot on the island.
Add them here thermal springs, some 50 aria hiking trails in nature, archeological sites and plenty of points of interest and you have a good idea of what it can give in terms of vacation…
This is the persistent question in Kythnos, the only thing that concerns you the days you spend there. This small island with very close distances has unimaginably many beaches. So many that if you are looking for seclusion and relaxation, it is guaranteed even in the summer solstice.
Some smaller and some larger, insist on being sandy and you meet them around the island, like a relief lace of coves and shores. Shallow and crystal clear waters, endless tamarisk trees for shade and a wild beauty that captivates you.
So starting from the port of Merichas, on the west coast of Kythnos, there you will find the triplet that makes up its heavy coastal artillery.
Diocese, Repulsion (or Response) and the always misunderstood Seaweed, the extension of which meets the jewel of the island, the Cyclades and one of the diamonds of all Greece. Yes, the famous one Column, the "Queen" of the locals.
A narrow strip of sand divides the sea in two, creating two beaches on either side, one more beautiful than the other.
Here Kythnos meets the islet of Agios Loukas and the road to reach it is winding and difficult. As if he wants to turn you back so that you do not experience the magic. You do not leave before you see it sunset. If driving is not your burden, you can arrive by boat from the port or the neighboring Repulse.
The second jewel of the island, the Επισκοπή, the only beach that breaks the usual silence of the coast of Kythnos.
Here the pulse of the island beats, with loud music from bitch and the usual organization you encounter on cosmopolitan beaches-a pole of youth attraction.
Third ornament, the beautiful Repulse. Organized, but quiet and for some the most beloved beach of the island.
Golden sand, plenty of shade from the tamarisk trees, sunbeds if you prefer, everything is easy and simple here. And beautiful. He also sees the "Queen", making the bathroom even more picturesque.
Saying goodbye to Diocese and Repulsion, you also say goodbye to its tourist organization beach. The first word will now take the authentic and the wild.
At the northeastern end of Kythnos and below Cape Kefalos (Kefalas) we meet two small coves that introduce us to a second triad of excellent beaches.
Ο Agios Sostis, first and foremost, the northernmost beach of Kythnos, always sheltered from the winds. You will find fine pebbles here and deep waters. And the absolute calm, few go up here.
The most beautiful bottom of the island is waiting for you so you do not want to get out of the sea.
The locals will tell you that you are not allowed to leave Kythnos without visiting their second pride, the Loutra beach. Amazing landscape, the sea is distinguished here for its warm waters with beneficial properties. It is like swimming in a pool rather than in the sea, especially on its right side, where the thermal spring ends.
It is next to the homonymous settlement and remains one of the most beautiful and special of Kythnos. It is not organized, but you have the Baths at your feet with the traditional cafes and the fish taverns.
Tuesday in this corner of the island, but not the last, the Saint Irene.
Next to Loutra, in a picturesque cove with the homonymous settlement, is a large beach with fluffy sand and thick shade, a gift generously offered by tamarisk trees. Also windless, it has shallow waters and is ideal for children and families.
On the east coast of Kythnos you can find many amazing beaches with sand. You see them from up there at the end of the valley that ends in a closed bay. Others larger and with life, such as Agios Stefanos and Lefkes, others smaller and deserted, such as the famous Kalo Livadi, Aosa (Naoussa), Zogaki etc.
The most sung of the area is located in Kanala. Great Sand they call it and put it comfortably with the amazing Antonides, the beach inside the settlement with the 100 (up and down) stairs.
Megali Ammos does not leave much to be desired with its name, a generous sandy beach with golden sand and clear blue waters.
We could talk about the beaches of Kythnos for hours. And why there are so many and why each of them has something different to give you.
What to pioneer, say, for Agios Dimitrios? The southernmost beach of the island with perhaps the thickest sand you have ever seen! Or Agios Stefanos, another diamond of Kythnos that, in addition to a beautiful beach, feeds you with products that come from the courtyards of the houses of the homonymous settlement.
One of the well hidden secrets of Kythnos is Gaidouromantra. You leave the car and get off on foot. The descent is difficult, but you are all alone. Nothing will bother you here.
A second, the unfortunate Fykiada. It is beautiful and picturesque, but the beast next to it steals all its glory. Yes, the "Queen". It is definitely worth mentioning Schinari, Potamia, Skylou beach with its turquoise waters and Ai-Giannis, which smells of oregano and thyme.
The options for swimming in Kythnos are literally endless. One month and you do not have enough to see the most famous, not all! Martinakia, Flampouria, Liotrivi, Petrousa, Mavrianos, Trivlaka, Simousi, Styfo, Kavouroheri, Kouri, Vasilika and Ammoudaki are not lost anyway.
Impressive on its beaches, impressive in all its, Kythnos is an unexplored island by most who is always there waiting to find out ανακα