- Caught a fast ferry from Thira to Folegandros which only takes about 40 minutes. We spent four nights in a lovely hotel in the port town of Karavostasis. It could have gone on much longer…
- Folegandros is a small island, only 12 kms long and no more than 4 kms wide. It’s very barren and rocky, and has a history of being a place where political prisoners were exiled. We swam in the bay and hung out on our balcony. Mostly it was very quiet. One day some older Greek locals came down to the beach, floated out into the deeper water in a little group and started to sing together. It was a beautiful thing. When a ferry arrived the port would burst into life for a little while, then die back to a torpor after it had gone. There was a lovely rhythm to it all. The hilltop town of Hora is particularly charming and we’d catch a bus up the hill each afternoon to wander its lanes before before selecting a taverna for dinner. The food was consistently very good. On our last day we took a boat trip around to Agios Nikolaos Beach in Vathi Bay, giving us a chance to see some dramatic coastline along the way. It was a great day out.
- All in all, we found Folegandros to be simply gorgeous.
