Amorgos, Greece

Amorgos Island is located in the center of the infinite blue. The island is inhabited by hospitable people and is built in a modern style. It is located in the embrace of the sea, east of the island of Naxos and is the easternmost island of the Cyclades. Amorgos has an area of ​​121 square kilometers and 1800 inhabitants engaged in fishing, agriculture and tourism. The island's capital was built away from the sea to protect itself from pirates. Well-maintained paths, white houses, churches and windmills on the hills are part of the beautiful view of the island of Amorgos.
Amorgos has been known since ancient times, especially to European travelers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, who were interested in Cycladic idols, especially those located on the now uninhabited island of Keros. In recent years, Amorgos has experienced a period of resurgent popularity. Amargos is one of the most beautiful islands in Greece, whose greatest wealth is its friendly, sympathetic, sociable and kind inhabitants. Its beaches and nightlife are not its strongest assets in the field of tourism, but Amorgos radiates unique energy and magnetism. Agios Pavlos beach with its sandy strip, which continues as an underwater reef to the island of Nikuria, is more reminiscent of a Caribbean lagoon than an Aegean bay.
Amorgos is an island marked by fame as a place for filming. Luke Besson chooses St. Anne's Bay to make his eight-time Cesar Award-winning film Infinite Blue. It is sealed with crystal clear sea waters with turquoise and emerald reflections, its natural beauty and archeological finds. This is a "tramlin" for Amargos, with which it boldly appears on the tourist map of Europe. Amorgos is beginning to attract tourists - from worshipers of ancient times to ecotourism-minded visitors who explore the ancient and new trails that cross the island. Of course, the list of visitors to Amorgos includes many French people.
The town of Katapola is the current main port on the island. Of interest to him is the church of Catapoli built on the temple of Apollochus, where the remains of Minoa were found. Chora, or Amorgos, was chosen as the capital of the island. The village is in a typical Cycladic architectural style, differing in the face of the so-called. churches "twins", and was built around and on a Venetian castle. People are perched high on the hill. Another landmark on the island of Amorgos is the architectural museum, which is housed in the Venetian castle of Gavra, and which exhibits finds from all over the island.
It would be a sin not to visit the impressive Byzantine Panagia Hozoviotissa monastery, one of the monuments of this kind. It is located northeast of Chora, at the base of a steep cliff. It was founded in 1088 by the Byzantine emperor Alexis Comnenus, and today is home to rare religious finds. The beautiful village of Aegiali is the second largest port on the island of Amorgos. It is famous for its beautiful beaches. The highest point of the island is Mount Crickelos, which deserves to be conquered just to witness a breathtaking view.
The island of Amorgos has a limited number of hotels and rooms for rent, but this does not stop swimmers who come to experience the charm of the beautiful beaches of Amorgos, or attracted by the uniqu