Cyclades Island Hopping by Yacht & E-Bike

Day 1 – Welcome to Paros (0 km)
Your Greek island week starts on Paros. A private transfer takes you from the airport to your motor yacht, moored in the harbour of Naoussa (occasionally in the island capital, Parikia). Cabins are ready from 4:00 PM. Spend the afternoon among the whitewashed alleys, blue shutters and bougainvillea of one of the prettiest harbour towns in the Cyclades. In the evening you sit down to a welcome dinner on board and meet your guide, the crew and your fellow travellers.

Day 2 – Antiparos Cave and Sifnos (25 km)
After a short morning cruise to Parikia you take the ferry across to Antiparos. Your first ride crosses quiet island country to the Cave of Antiparos, a cathedral of stalactites and stalagmites millions of years in the making. A coffee break and a swim at Agios Georgios beach follow, then the ferry back to Paros. In the afternoon you sail to Sifnos and tie up in Kamares, a seaside village famous for its centuries-old pottery tradition.

Day 3 – Sifnos and elegant Syros (30 km)
Today you ride the authentic Sifnos: hillside lanes, chapels and, as a highlight, a guided visit to the cliffside village of Kastro with its panoramic sea views. Along the way you stop at a traditional pottery workshop for a hands-on demonstration of the island's ceramic craft. Back on board you cruise to Syros and walk with your guide through neoclassical Ermoupolis, the grand capital of the Cyclades, tasting the island's famous Loukoumi before returning to the yacht.

Day 4 – Coastal Syros and the wines of Tinos (36 km)
An e-bike ride along the southern coast of Syros takes you on quiet roads to the sandy bay of Galissas, with time for a swim or a coffee, then past the Monastery of Saint Barbara and back to Ermoupolis. Later the yacht sails to Tinos. You explore the old town on foot, including the pilgrimage church of Panagia Evangelistria, and in the late afternoon climb into the hills to a family winery for a tasting with the Aegean and Mykonos spread out below you.

Day 5 – Tinos and cosmopolitan Mykonos (36 km)
Tinos is called the Holy Island, and today's ride explains why: hundreds of churches and chapels, plus the island's extraordinary Venetian dovecotes covered in geometric patterns. You visit Volax, a village sitting in a field of giant granite boulders unlike anywhere else in Greece. In the afternoon you cruise to Mykonos, where a guided walk takes in the windmills, Little Venice on the waterfront and the labyrinth of whitewashed lanes behind the harbour.

Day 6 – Ancient Delos and Naxos (0 km)
This morning you sail to Delos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the legendary birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. A licensed guide walks you through temples, houses, marketplaces and monuments of what was once the religious heart of the Aegean. Afterwards you anchor off uninhabited Rhenia for a long swim in impossibly clear water. Later the yacht continues to Naxos: a stroll through the old town with your guide, the great marble Portara gateway, and — with a little luck — one of the finest sunsets in the Cyclades. Dinner tonight is your own choice, ashore in Naxos Town.

Day 7 – Naxos mountain villages and back to Paros (45 km)
After a short cruise you set off on your final ride, into the mountainous interior of Naxos. You pass through traditional villages and stop at the Kouros of Flerio, a huge unfinished marble statue lying where it was abandoned in its quarry more than 2,500 years ago. Your guide fills the day with mythology, history and local stories, and a tasting of first-class Naxian olive oil rounds it off. In the afternoon you sail back to Paros for a festive farewell dinner on board.

Day 8 – Farewell to the Cyclades (0 km)
Breakfast together, check-out by 9:00 AM, and a transfer to Paros Airport for your flight home or the start of a longer stay in Greece.