The best Greek islands for nightlife
Some Greek islands wind down at midnight; a few are just getting started. If you want bars, clubs and dancing until sunrise, these are the islands that deliver it.
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Mýkonos
Μύκονος · Cyclades
Whitewashed lanes, iconic windmills and the Cyclades' biggest nightlife.
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Golden beaches by day and a famously lively nightlife after dark.
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A walled medieval Old Town (UNESCO) plus long, reliably sunny beach coasts.
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Zákynthos
Ζάκυνθος · Ionian
Navagío shipwreck cove and loggerhead-turtle nesting bays in the south.
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Flat, sandy and cycling-friendly, with the ancient Asclepieion just out of town.
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Santoríni
Σαντορίνη · Cyclades
Caldera views, blue-domed churches and the most famous sunset in Greece.
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Greece's largest island — Minoan Knossós, the Samariá Gorge and a celebrated food tradition.
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