Portara

Decentralized Administration of the Aegean · Greece

Portara, Greece
Photo: Olaf Tausch, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Good to know

Best time to go
Sunset for the most dramatic silhouette
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
Open in maps

This colossal marble doorway stands alone on an islet beside Naxos Town, all that was built of an unfinished temple to Apollo. Framing the sky and sea, it is the enduring emblem of the island.

Where next?

The world is wide open.

Sources