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I don’t know about you, but I was saving Greece for my honeymoon. Just looking at the pictures I could tell this was a place for me and bae. In a white cave house. With our own private pool. Looking over the cliff. Watching the sunset. Reading books and banging all day. That’s how I imagined my Greek island hopping adventure to be. So much so that I skipped Greece on my bi-yearly trips to Europe. I was determined to give Greek Islands the love it deserved. In the end, that’s not how it turned out for me. And I couldn’t have been happier. 7 Reasons Why Greek Island Hopping Is Not Just For Honeymoons So I ended up in Greece on an REI Under 35 Adventure , which was a trip specifically targeted towards millennials who are into the outdoors. They’re affordable, completely planned around outdoor activities, use local guides and accommodations, and designed for a younger age group (although there were def ...

When I think back to the Greek Island of Syros — my introduction to the Cyclades — one thing stands out in my mind: marble . The streets of Ermoupoli are paved in marble. Not asphalt or concrete, but slippery-smooth white marble. There are great marble mansions and fancy marble buildings that date back to the mid-1800s, when the city was rebuilt in a Neoclassical style. Today, the marble streets are well-worn. Empty, even — especially by the time September rolls around. Syros was described in my Intrepid Travel tour notes as “ an opportunity to see the islands as the Greeks do .” I of course was a bit skeptical about this actually being the case. But you know what? I think it might actually be pretty accurate. Ermoupoli is not only the capital of Syros, but also of the Cyclades island group — meaning Syros' main function is not tourism . Syros is laid-back. Syros is pretty, but clearly has not yet been over-commercialized like some of the other ...