{"id":234,"date":"2013-03-06T04:31:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T04:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alitanes.gr\/%cf%86%ce%bf%ce%bb%ce%ad%ce%b3%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%b4%cf%81%ce%bf%cf%82-2"},"modified":"2022-06-12T19:55:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T19:55:10","slug":"folegandros_island","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/alitanes.gr\/en\/folegandros_island\/","title":{"rendered":"FOLEGANDROS ISLAND"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alitanes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/folegandros.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"494\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-dropcap circle\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#a7be39;\">I<\/div>\n<p>n the centre of the Aegean, there is a group of 24 inhabited islands, which was called Cyclades because they encircling the famous sacred island and worshiping place of Delos, the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. The bulks of the islands are no other than the peaks of a half-submerged mountain. Made of granite, gneiss, limestone and marble as well as lava and ash, the not sunk peaks of the Aegean continent form Cyclades.<\/p>\n<p><em><b>On the south-west edge of Cyclades in the shape of infinite emerges <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Folegandros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Folegandros island<\/a>. <\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s 32.07 square kilometers, 13 km in length and its width on its narrowest point \u201cPorta\u201d is 1.100 metres. There are about 650 inhabitants on the island and its 102 nautical miles from Pireas.<\/p>\n<p>It includes two basic settlings, the beautiful chora, probably the most beautiful and picturesque in Cyclades with it\u2019s impressive squares and Ano Meria with it\u2019s untouched from time traditional character. The settlings are only 4 km apart. The port is called \u201ckaravostasis\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Since it\u2019s a small and long island, it gives the impression to the visitor that he is permanently on deck of a boat cruising in the blue of the Aegean. It\u2019s beautiful, blue green, crystal waters, it\u2019s steep rocky bulks diving in the sea, it\u2019s famous stone fences known as \u201cscales\u201d \u2013 probably the most beautiful in the Aegean \u2013 compose a scenery of wild, unrivalled beauty that the visitor falls in love at first sight. This is why they call the island <b><i>little Santorini.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>It is daily connected to the port of Piraeus with conventional and speedboats during the summer months. It iw worth mentioning that Santorini, one of the world\u2019s top tourist destinations, is only 13 nautical miles from Folegandros with a daily connection to the island. Also <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Folegandros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Folegandros island<\/a> has almost daily connection with most cosmopolitan islands ( Myconos, Paros, Sifnos, Milos etc.) as well as many smaller ones.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alitanes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/a5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"494\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alitanes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/poster_gr-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1528\" src=\"http:\/\/alitanes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/banner_gr-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alitanes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/banner_gr-300x206.jpg 300w, http:\/\/alitanes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/banner_gr-768x527.jpg 768w, http:\/\/alitanes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/banner_gr.jpg 935w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>n the centre of the Aegean, there is a group of 24 inhabited islands, which was called Cyclades because they encircling the famous sacred island and worshiping place of Delos, the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. The bulks of the islands are no other than the peaks of a half-submerged mountain. Made of granite, gneiss, limestone and marble as well as lava and ash, the not sunk peaks of the Aegean continent form Cyclades. On the south-west edge of Cyclades in the shape of infinite emerges Folegandros island. It\u2019s 32.07 square kilometers, 13 km in length and its width on its narrowest point \u201cPorta\u201d is 1.100 metres. There are about 650 inhabitants on the island and its 102 nautical miles from Pireas. It includes two basic settlings, the beautiful chora, probably the most beautiful and picturesque in Cyclades with it\u2019s impressive squares and Ano Meria with it\u2019s untouched from time traditional character. The settlings are only 4 km apart. The port is called \u201ckaravostasis\u201d. Since it\u2019s a small and long island, it gives the impression to the visitor that he is permanently on deck of a boat cruising in the blue of the Aegean. It\u2019s beautiful, blue green, crystal waters, it\u2019s steep rocky bulks diving in the sea, it\u2019s famous stone fences known as \u201cscales\u201d \u2013 probably the most beautiful in the Aegean \u2013 compose a scenery of wild, unrivalled beauty that the visitor falls in love at first sight. This is why they call the island little Santorini. It is daily connected to the port of Piraeus with conventional and speedboats during the summer months. It iw worth mentioning that Santorini, one of the world\u2019s top tourist destinations, is only 13 nautical miles from Folegandros with a daily connection to the island. Also Folegandros island has almost daily connection with most cosmopolitan islands ( Myconos, Paros, Sifnos, Milos etc.) as well as many smaller ones. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FOLEGANDROS ISLAND<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"folegandros island\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/alitanes.gr\/en\/folegandros_island\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FOLEGANDROS ISLAND\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"folegandros island\" \/>\n<meta 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