Amorgós
Αμοργός · Cyclades
Steep, remote and green, with a monastery built into a sheer cliff.
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About Amorgós
Amorgós is a long, steep, dramatic island at the eastern edge of the Cyclades, beloved by walkers and divers. Its emblem is the Monastery of Hozoviótissa, a dazzling white building wedged into a vertical cliff…
Highlights
Don’t miss
Hozoviótissa Monastery
An 11th-century monastery built into a sheer rock face, 300m above the water; modest dress to enter.
Town & villages
The Chóra
One of the prettiest in the Cyclades — windmills, a Venetian kástro and tiny chapels.
Beaches
Ágia Anna
The rocky cove below the monastery, made famous by The Big Blue.
Nature
Walking trails
A well-marked network links the two ports, the Chóra and remote chapels.
Things to do
Diving the Olympia wreck
A shipwreck off Livádi, the rusting hull from The Big Blue, is a signature dive.
Interesting spots
Katápola
The main port in a sheltered bay.
Aigiáli
The northern bay with the island’s sandiest beaches.
See it for real
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