Naxos Places to visit Traveling Naxos 2nd Route: Chora - Galini - Engares - Abram - Agia - Apollo  
 

Leaving Chora we go to the NE side of it and toward the valley of Eggares with the green gardens of citrus trees.

Here we meet the 4 settlements of Galini, Mytria, Mesi Geitonia and Langadia. Near the village Galini is the monastery of Ipsili, protected by a tower built in 1600 AD.

After Eggares is the monastery of Faneromeni, a 14th century construction, while continuing our promenade we come across coves and remote beaches. A favorite stop is the cove of Abram, where you can rest, swim and eat.

A few kilometers later you see the monastery of Agia built before the 1600s, and following the road you get to the far NE part of Naxos, the cape Stavros.

At the end of the route is the cove of Apollo, an idyllic landscape. At the mountainside you see, the well known gigantic statue of Apollo (10.5 meters tall), created in the 7th century

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