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Greek Islands Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels

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About Greek Islands

What follows is by no means a complete list of island attractions but is meant as a starting point to help travelers to the islands, especially first-time ones, decide which islands might warrant further investigation. Islands top ranked in their category are given first, followed by analsolisting of others that rank highly in the category. Often, though not always, the main town of a Greek island will have the same name as the island; thus,Naxosis the name of the main town onNaxos, andParosis the name of the main town onParos. Sometimes these towns also have alternate names; thus Paros town is sometimes known asParikia.In addition to these names, the main town on an island is often also referred to locally on the island asHora(sometimes spelledKhora), which basically means "the place": th

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