The quietest, most peaceful Greek islands
If you want to actually switch off, skip the famous names. These Greek islands stay calm and uncrowded even in summer, with a slow pace and very little noise.
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Antikýthira
Αντικύθηρα · Ionian
One of Greece's remotest inhabited islands — a rocky speck of bird migration and deep silence.
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The southernmost point of Europe — a remote, cedar-backed island of wide empty beaches.
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Amorgós
Αμοργός · Cyclades
Steep, remote and green, with a monastery built into a sheer cliff.
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A remote island east of Santoríni with the huge Kálamos monolith and a clifftop monastery.
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Síkinos
Σίκινος · Cyclades
A quiet, terraced wine island between Íos and Folégandros, little changed by tourism.
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A green-and-rugged nature reserve where hunting is banned and rare birds thrive.
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The southernmost Dodecanese — a quiet, weather-worn island of seafarers near Kárpathos.
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Samothráki
Σαμοθράκη · North Aegean
A wild island crowned by Mount Fengári, with cold waterfall pools and an ancient sanctuary.
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