Scalloped potatoes of Naxos

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An easy and delicious recipe with the main ingredient of the distinctive in taste and quality, Naxos’ potatoes. Ingredients: 1,5 kf of Naxos’ potatoes 1/2 cup of grated gruyere 2 eggs 1/3 cup of parsley finely chopped 1 teaspoon of salt 1 teaspoon of pepper 1 tablespoon of olive oil 1 big onion 2 cloves of garlic […]

Rabbit stew

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Ingredients: 1 hare 5 potatoes of Naxos 1 kg of small onions 5 cloves of garlic 3 laurel leaves 1 ½ glass of olive oil ½ glass of wine 2 tablespoons of pâté Salt-Pepper-Bahar Directions: Cut the hare into pieces and wash it well. Put it in the saucepan with half the oil until it drinks […]

Walking route: Kourounohori – Myli – Kouros

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Duration: 1 hour Δifficulty: 3/10 Starting from the parking of Kourounohori, you walk along the entire village. You pass in front of the church of Christ – the Metamorphosis of Sotiros – and descend into an orchard in the table that King Othonas occupied and carved his coat of arms. Going forward, you meet the […]

Small goat with weeds and rice

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We recommend a traditional recipe from Aperanthos, the rifi (small goat) . It is a Naxian recipe, which you encounter with small variations in many villages of the island. It has as basic materials, besides the goat, rice filling and a variety of weeds. Ingredients: 1 rifi (small goat) 8-9 kg. (To fit in our […]

The museums of Aperanthos

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The village of Aperanthos, is the only village of Naxos which has 4 museums and all of them are around the center of the village. The Archaeological museum of Aperanthos: It is located in the center of the village and it features important finds dating from prehistoric times and brought to light the archaeological excavation. […]

Folklore Museum of Kaloxylos

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At the entrance of the village of Kaloxylos, 25 minutes from Naxos Town and a breath away from Chalki and Filoti, the Kaloxylos Folklore Museum is located. After a ten-year work, Florios Horianopoulos created the Folklore Museum, housed in a well-preserved mansion inherited from his grandfather. Inside the museum you will see a series of […]

The Koutelieris Folklore Collection

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In an old and carefully maintained building in the Old Market, in the city of Naxos, there is the The Koutelieris Folklore Collection for 28 years. Vasilis and Katherine Koutelieri created the collection in 1975. There the visitor will see objects from the everyday life of Naxians in the last centuries, as well as important […]

Hellenic Monetary Collection

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In the center of the island of Naxos, specifically in the village of Filoti, there is a museum hosting the Hellenic Monetary Collection. Location: The Hellenic Monetary Collection is located in Filoti, a few meters after the main square of the village, on the road to Aperanthos. What we will see there: Nikolas Moustakis, the […]

On-site Archaeological Museum

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At the port of Chora, in the area in front of the Metropolis, is located the On -Site Archaeological Museum with significant exhibits from the settlement of Grotta. Location: It is located in the square in front of the metropolitan temple, 300 meters from the port of Chora. What we will see there: At the […]