#i looove islands i love the aegean i love the Mediterranean

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A somewhat comprehensive guide on my favourite greek islands:

written by me, a Peloponnesian girl who fucking loves islands and has a lot of opinions <3

1. Skopelos (Σκόπελος)

• mama mia island

• by visiting skopelos, you too can be the dancing queen

• the island where the best first mama mia movie was filmed

• i wanna go there so bad <33

2. Lesbos (Λέσβος)

• gay sex

• need i say more

• technically, evey woman living in Lesbos is a lesbian

3. Mykonos (Μύκονος)

• gay sex (mlm edition)

• tourist hell (derogatory)

• μυκονoοοοός 💅💅✨

4. Crete (Κρήτη)

• minoan crete was literally the first developed civilization to ever exist in Europe and also. unbelievably cool.

• one of my favourite phases of greek history actually

• old men with impressive mustaches WILL hunt you down and force you to drink raki. It's better if you don't fight it. 📿

• everyone has a funny accent here. Also everyone's last name ends in -aki

• my mother's last name ends in -aki. Apparently i am some part cretan and I didn't even know untill recently.

• godd i love crete so much

5. Santorini (Σαντορίνη)

• also known as Thera (Θήρα) which also means door in posh greek???

• Minoan civilization swag

• actually an inactive volcano? That's what killed the Minoans (it wasn't always inactive)

• the sudden destruction of the settlements of Santorini is probably what inspired the Atlantis myths

• fast forward four thousand years into the future: this island is now tourist hell volume 2 (electric bungalow)

• Mykonos and Santorini. What a duo.

• went there once when i was four. I don't really remember much.

• if you want to build a house in Santorini the government will force you to paint it blue and white. Gotta keep up with the theme.

• 🧿🧿

6. Ithaki (Ιθάκη)

• travel to Ithaki fast and safely! Prove to everyone that you are better than Odysseus!!!

• I don't really have an opinion on Ithaki other than that, i just think it's funny

7. Paros ( Πάρος )

• this post was originally named " A somewhat comprehensive guide on my favourite greek islands: written by me, a bitter Peloponnesian girl who despite her best wishes, won't be going on any vacation this year" but then my uncle who lives in the usa and whose mother is from paros decided to take me and my sibling with him on vacation to paros.

• im literally so happy you guys have no idea

• 🎶 στην Πάρο και στην Νάξοοο, τον αέρα σου να αλλάξω 🎶💃

• I didn't really have an opinion on paros as an island before i booked tickets to go there but apparently it's the island that most mainland greeks prefer for summer vacation

• kyklades swag 💖💖🧿

And last, most controversial one but definitely not least:

8. Cyprus ( Κύπρος )

• you know em. You love em.

• Greece and Cyprus on Eurovision. A better love story than twilight.

• everyone fucking hates us for giving twelve points to each other every year but like. What did yall expect.

• you haven't truly laughed if you haven't watched a greek cypriot comedy.

• cypriot pitas. Where would i be without you.

• cretan greeks 🤝 Cypriot greeks

having a funny accent

• not going to analyse the history of Cyprus too much because i would rather not get political but. Leukosia is the world's last divided capital and that probably won't change for a while.

• "trying to solve the cypriot problem" is an expression we use over here to describe someone trying really hard to solve what is basically an unsolvable situation so. Yeah.

• this is not an island I want to visit for tourist-y reasons. It's a bit more personal than that.