The classic. Paros brings golden beaches and nightlife in careful doses; Naxos, the greenest of the Cyclades, has a west coast that is essentially one long sandy beach; and Milos finishes the trip with volcanic drama — the white moonscape of Sarakiniko and seventy-odd beaches in every colour rock comes in. Ferries run daily in season and the legs are short. June or September, always.
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