Culture and history info

Time for a painless history lesson
Thousands of years of civilisation evolved here, much of it visible in local archaeological sites and museums. You’ll see it unwind on the whole island of Delos and Santorini’s Akrotiri, the Minoan Pompei. In the two colossal Archaic statues lying on Naxos and in Kea’s ancient Karthaia. Virtually every island has at least one ancient ruin.
While beautiful, typically Cycladic churches exist on every island, the most visited are the 19th-century Panagia on Tinos, the early Byzantine Ekatontapyliani on Paros, and the 11th-century Hozoviotissa monastery on Amorgos.

The best museums are Santorini’s Prehistoric Thera, Andros’ Contemporary Art and Archaeology, the Industrial Museum at Syros’ Ermoupoli, Amorgos’ Archaeology Museum; Milos’ museums of Mining and Archaeology with a copy of the famous Venus de Milo; Tinos’ Museum of Marble Crafts at Pyrgos, and the Archaeology and Venetian museums on Naxos.