{"id":18956,"date":"2024-08-07T08:53:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T08:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volare.volotea.com\/?post_type=inspiracion&p=18956"},"modified":"2024-08-08T13:48:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T13:48:26","slug":"anafi-island","status":"publish","type":"inspiracion","link":"https:\/\/volare.volotea.com\/en\/cities\/santorini\/anafi-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Anafi, an island to discover with a taste of freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"
Getting to Anafi is a journey in itself: the last archipelago of the Cyclades lies secluded a few kilometres from Santorini, revealing its free and alternative spirit only to the determined few. This tiny island is full of history, legend, archaeology, unspoilt nature, enchanting beaches, traditions and local products.<\/h5>\n

I saw the island of Anafi every morning from my terrace in Santorini for four and a half years. Every day at dawn, Kalamiotissa monastery would rise with the sun behind Akrotiri castle. My desire to visit the island, so close yet so difficult to reach, grew over the years, together with my need to build a new life in a smaller community. The tales of Anafi\u2019s beauty and unique qualities inspired me to visit the island in May 2021 and to move there permanently the following month! It was love at first sight, heightened by the island\u2019s aromas, its tranquillity and the free spirit of these few square kilometres.<\/p>\n

Anafi, an island that changes atmosphere from one month to the next, is a coveted destination, a port to reach for travellers who like to stay and discover a place at its own pace.<\/p>\n

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How to reach Anafi, a journey within the journey<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Of all the arrivals in all the Cyclades islands, arriving in Anafi is perhaps one of the most captivating experiences. The island has no airport, and you can only get there by one of the few ferries<\/strong> leaving at difficult times of day. The ferries that go to Anafi travel at night and reach the island by dawn\u2019s early light. The colours of the sun rising over the sea will be the first much-deserved reward for travellers determined enough to get here. The easiest way to get to Anafi is to fly to Santorini<\/a> and then take a ferry (with a journey time of one and a half hours). In the summer season there are more night ferries (although not every day) connecting Santorini with Anafi and a smaller boat that makes the journey only in the daytime (only a few days a week). Another way to get to Anafi is to fly to Athens<\/a> and take the night ferry from the capital. <\/p>\n

What to do in Anafi: walks in the Chora, trekking and slow life by the sea<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Anafi has an area of just 36 km2<\/sup>, only one village and a small port, but so much to discover. Anafi is not an island where you look for things to do, it is an island where you sink in its slow pace, marked by the few passing ships and forget all the demands and excesses of city life.<\/p>\n