I am looking at a holiday in the Greek isles in June. I like to hire a moped and zip along and find undiscovered beaches and villages but on an evening have a nice restaurant and taverna to sit in and meet people as I will be travelling on my own.
I would like a medium sized island to enable me to get to see most of it in a week but not so small that I don't need to hire a bike in order to see it. I also like the greener islands.
I have been to Kefalonia, Skiathos, Skopelos, Rhodes, Crete, Corfu, Thassos and Sivota on the mainland.
I have read up on Lefkas (will it be too quiet?) Samos (too barren and pebble beaches?) Symi (too small?) and I am now reading up on Lesvos and Lemnos.
Any ideas please?
I have always thought of Samos as a green island and it's certainly big enough to keep you occupied for a while, especially if you take a trip across to Ephesus. Plenty of roads to explore. Fly direct.
Symi (my favourite) is certainly small and has only two roads but is the best place to sit in a bar or taverna (lots of them). Look at symivisitor.com for a map of the beaches and lots of photographs. Fly Rodos.
Lesvos is again a large island with plenty of places to explore. Molyvos and Petra spring to mind but you can find lots of reports on this site. Fly direct.
I've only been to Lemnos for 20 minutes (refuelling) so didn't form much of an opinion about it!
How about the Isle of Man? TT, perhaps? How fast is your moped?
If Naxos is too big, consider Syros. Small island, numerous sandy coves along the west coast. It's a ferrying centre (capital of the Cyclades) with a population of about 30,000 mainly Greeks. Ermoupolis, the town, is lively, mainly with Greeks plus some some international transients and some of the more adventurous tourists who don't mind catching ferries.
Have a look at my website (non commercial) for more information. Although it's designed to be useful for visiting yotties, there's quite a bit which may be useful to you. Go to the 'Sailing/Greece-Details section.
JimB
http://www.jimbaerselman.f2s.com/
Go to Molly's Bar in the harbour, its like Cheers, you can't fail to make friends there.
Plenty of great deals on accom, check Galliano Rooms, British owned and cheap
Samos and Lesvos were on my list of possible others apart from Lefkas, I just thought the island maybe wasn't very 'green' and lush and maybe was too big for just 7 nights, I like an island I can get round easily on the moped. Kefalonia took some getting round in a fortnight and Lesvos is even bigger.
Heard good things about the island so will definately visit if not this year then on my list of next 3 island. So many to choose from.
Leah
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