Naxos, the largest of the Cycladic islands, offers charter guests a combination of long sandy beaches, mountainous interior and a substantial medieval Venetian fortification that most visitors never reach. From 100,000 Euros per week, yachts of 40 to 50 metres with professional crews of seven or eight provide the ideal platform for exploring an island with more territory and more variety than any other in the Cyclades.
Naxos Town, with its Portara gate standing at the end of the promontory, is one of the great harbour approaches in Greece. The old Kastro quarter and the narrow lanes of the Venetian town offer afternoon walking without the summer crowds of Mykonos. Agios Prokopios and Agia Anna to the south have among the best beaches in the Cyclades, accessible by tender from an anchorage just offshore.
Rates from 100,000 Euros per week cover the yacht and crew before the advance provisioning allowance of approximately 30 percent. Naxos Town marina accommodates yachts at the quayside for overnight stays with good provisioning from the town’s market. The meltemi blows from the north in summer; experienced captains plan anchorages on the island’s south and west coasts for shelter when conditions build in the afternoon.
Naxos also serves as the central point for a natural Cyclades circuit encompassing Paros to the west, the small islands of Koufonisia and Iraklia to the southeast, and Mykonos to the north within comfortable day-passage distances.
