Koufonisia include three main islands:
- Koufonisi or Pano (Upper) Koufonisi
- Kato (Lower) Koufonisi and
- Keros
Geographically, they are located on the southeast side of Naxos and on the west side of Amorgos and belong to the complex of the Lesser East Cyclades. Uninhabited Keros is a protected archaeological site from which a large number of ancient Cycladic art pieces have been excavated in the 20th century.
Koufonisia means “the hollow islands” in Greek – two low little islands of a friable rock have had their coastlines nibbled away by the wind and waves to form wonderful beaches and caves and strange rock formations.
Easy to get to, flying to Mykonos or Santorini and then the Sea-Jet boat to Koufonissi (1,30 hrs trip) or the High Speed ferry from Piraeus (port of Athens) to Koufonissi (4,5 hrs trip). This is the Cyclades as they were 50 years ago. We love it.