The Ionic Islands mark the convergence of Adriatic and Mediterranean. Throughout their chequered history of Italian, English and Turkish influences, Ionic architecture, food and culture has remained distinct from the characteristic Cycladic cliché ...
Greece
Regions in Greece
Attica, Euboea & Skyros
The capital Athens, a city of four-million people, is in the least well-known region among surf-tourists – Attica. The venue for the 2004 Olympics is for many just an airline or ferry connection to numerous Aegean islands. Athens usually conjures ...
Cyclades: Mykonos, Naxos & Paros
The Cyclades encapsulate the idyllic Greek Aegean image that’s attracted an army of beach-lovers and backpackers for decades. In the ’70s it was the hippies and drop-outs, now island-hopping is almost a rite of passage for the world’s teens ...
Eastern Aegean Islands
Im Vergleich dazu ist die Region Eastern Aegean Islands noch ein echter Geheimtipp, wie bspw. Limnos oder Lesbos, deren Westküste bislang völlig unterschätzt wurde. Samos hat insofern ein Handicap, als die dem Wind zugewandten Buchten sehr klein ...
Rhodes & Karpathos
The further south-east you travel in the Aegean, the warmer and dryer it gets. And on Rhodes & Karpathos, the wind throws another scoop on top! A million tourists a year enjoy Rhodes (including windsurfers and kiters) while Karpathos only attracts ...
Crete
The largest of the islands, Crete is largely undiscovered for windsports. Yet 1,040km of coastline contains some awesome beaches, which – like the Northern Aegean – are in the realm of the Meltemi and offer excellent conditions; from freeride in ...