Greece Charter Yachts: The Cyclades |
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| The cyclades are a group of islands of varying
sizes scattered over teh deep blue waters of the Aegean. Some
of them are well-known both to the public at large and the
international 'jet-set', while others remain little known
and scarcely figured on the tourist scene. Taken as a whole,
they make an ideal Greek sailing holiday destination for visitors
of the most varied tastes. |
| A fusion of stone, sunlight and sparkling sea,
the Cyclades lie to the east of teh Peloponnese and south-east
of the coast of Attica; they stretch as far as Samos and Ikaria
to the east, and are bounded to the south by the Cretan Sea.
According to the most likely tradition, they owe their name
to the national circle which they appear to form around the
sacred isle of Delos. |
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| The Greek Cyclades Islands
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Andros
Yacht Charters
Delos
Yacht Charters
Folegandros Yacht Charters
Ios Yacht Charters
Kea Yacht Charters
Kimolos Yacht Charters
Kythnos Yacht Charters
Mykonos Yacht Charters |
Mykonos Yacht Charters
Naxos Yacht Charters
Paros Yacht Charters
Santorini Yacht Charters
Serifos Yacht Charters
Sifnos Yacht Charters
Syros Yacht Charters
Tinos Yacht Charters |
The Cyclades have exercised a powerful charm since ancient
times, even though access to them then was not partieularly
easy. This was the birthplace of one of the Mediterranean's
most important civilasations, one which took its name
from the islnands: the Cycladic civilisation (3000 - 100
BC).Geologists attribute the peculiar form which the Cyclades
take today to a succession of geological upheavals - earthquakes,
volcanic eruptions, movements of the earth's crust - which
resulted in the submergence of large chunks of land. Many
believe that one such stretch of land was teh lost continent
of Atlantis. The diverse outlines
of the islands as they protrude from the blue waters
of the Aegean, bathed in the dazzling sunlight and embellished
with little white houses, resemble, in the words of
the Noble Prize-winning poet Odysseas Elytis, "stone
horses with rampant manes", Above all, the people
who live here, with their own individual approach to
the world, bring to life the narrow alleyways of the
villages and the pathways of the countryside, the countless
tiny chapels, the windmills, the dovecotes or the wind-beaten
hillsides and are yet, in spite of the characteristics
which the islnads have in common - sparkling sea, sun,
the landscape and the austere line of the architecture
- each retains its own individual features, which visitors
can discover as they explore them one by one.
The cycladic islands enjoy a Mediterranean
climate, with an average temperature for the year of
18 - 19° C. The winters are mild and the summers
- by Greek standards - cool, thanks to the beneficial
effects of the seasonal winds known as the 'meltemia'. |
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