The city of Ermoupoli on the Greek island of Syros has been named the second “most welcoming on Earth” for 2024, according to a list compiled by Booking.com in line with the twelfth edition of its Traveller Review Awards. Booking.com: Syros’ Ermoupoli in Top 10 Most Welcoming Cities on Earth for 2024 The city of…
Escape from everyday life, enjoy the Cycladic Halloween in noble Syros, live a unique spree in an Aegean atmosphere. Syros Carnival “Georgios Souris” is a unique experience with lots of options for visitors. Its events spread in the beautiful villages of Syros through the carnival parade, as well as the medieval settlement of Ano Syros,…
What can I tell you about Syros, my native land, my island? What is there to say that I haven’t said before? SYRIANO PANORAMA is a free-press magazine published on Syros. That magazine is host to prominent personalities –locals and visitors alike- who love the island. I’ll let them do the talking and explain why…
A culinary give-and-take, a "double" wedding of flavors from East and West, two twin hills crowned by two religions. By Nikoleta Makryonitou, Photos: Evelyn Foskolou A culinary give-and-take between the Catholic and the Greek Orthodox populations, a “double” wedding of flavors from East and West, two twin hills crowned by two religions. Plain food, prepared…
Vassilis Karamitsanis, President of Animasyros International Animation Festival + Agora, which takes place every September at the Apollon Theater and elsewhere on the island of Syros, explains how the festival was born and how it grew to become inextricably linked to the island of Syros. What's your favorite cartoon? Which cartoons did you watch as…
The administrative capital of the Cyclades looks nothing like a Cycladic island. Yet, it is precisely that quality that makes this middle-class community afloat on the archipelago so alluring. Its neoclassical buildings, genuine architectural gems, were built in the better part of the mid-19th century by seamen, merchants, and shipping magnates hailing from Chios, Psarra,…