Destination guide · May 2026
The island, as we know it
Where to swim, what to order, and which lanes to get lost in. A guide written by the people who live here.
Read · 8 min
The Journal
Notes from the island.
Destination guides, seasonal stories and conversations with the people who live here.
More stories
4 stories
- Seasonal story · 5 min
The week the figs come in
For a week in August, the whole kitchen is about one fruit.
- Interview · 7 min
Maria Vlachos on her grandmother’s kitchen
The cook behind our most-loved experience talks about recipes that were never written down.
- Architecture · 6 min
Why the walls are white
Lime wash, cave houses and the quiet engineering of the Cycladic home.
- Seasonal story · 4 min
October, when the island exhales
The ferries thin out, the sea is warm and the grape harvest has just finished.
