You don’t really want to be walking anywhere in Greece once the sun gets up. For this reason we set off early morning to walk to Chora, about an hour away. Our first target was the Temple to Apollo, known locally as Portara, that forms an entrance to Naxos on a promontory in front of the Port. We used Google Maps to help us keep to the back streets and it worked a treat. We made friends with baby goats on route and were the first arrivals at the Portara tourist attraction. Af

After a lovely breakfast we joined the queue for our ferry and chatted to a family of 3 from Newcastle. 11.20, our departure time came and a Blue Star Ferry arrived, Sue was all for boarding that, but it was Blue Star 1 and our tickets were for Blue Star Naxos. Ours was delayed, but about 30 minutes later we were off. The sea was flat calm and the ferry really comfortable, so a great voyage. Arrival in Naxos was a replay of Paros, three large ferries all disembarking simultan

The crossing to Paros was rough. We were aboard a high speed Seajet ferry, that reduced its speed considerably to plough through the swell and white horses. Within 10 mintutes sick bags were being reached for all around us, but Sue was steadfast with eyes shut and sturgereon pulsing through her veins. It took about 30 minutes longer than scheduled to reach Paros, but our car hire representative was still there to greet us. As both our ferry and a large car transporting ferry

Island two - Milos including Kimolos