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Naxos

Naxos starts with one consequential decision: where to stay. Choose the base well and the rest of the trip has a clearer shape. Our current edit concentrates on that choice rather than adding breadth for its own sake.

The Portara, the marble gateway of the Temple of Apollo, overlooking Naxos Town at sunset

The base should do the work

We would settle where to stay before making the rest of the plan more complicated. The right base establishes the rhythm of the trip and gives everything that follows a clearer frame. Start there, then add only what the stay actually needs.

Naxos Chora at sunset with whitewashed waterfront buildings, harbor boats, and the Portara above
Editor's selection

Where to Stay in Naxos, Greece, by Travel Style

Choose Chora for ferries, dinners and car-free ease; head south for beach time, from lively Agios Prokopios to spacious, slower Plaka.

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