Syros· Ποσειδωνία – Βάρη
Posidonia, Vari & the south
Venetian-era villas in gardens behind the southern bays, with the prettiest quiet swims on Syros at Agathopes and Komito and sheltered sand at Vari.
- Peace & quiet
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The southern tip is the villa end of Syros. Posidonia — Delagrazia to the people who summer there — is a scatter of nineteenth-century mansions in gardens, built by Ermoupoli's merchant families when the city was still the richest port in Greece, and it has kept the slow, shaded, slightly formal feeling that goes with them.
The swimming below is the best on the island for a quiet day. Agathopes and Komito in the south-west are prettier and emptier than anything on the west coast, with a small islet offshore and shallow clear water; Megas Gialos and Ampela face south-east and are sandy and organised; and Vari, round the corner in its own deep bay, is the sheltered one that works for small children and on days the meltemi is up.
There are only a couple of hotels down here, so most people who stay take a house. Ermoupoli is fifteen minutes by road and the airport is on the plain between, which makes this the easiest corner of Syros to arrive into late.
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Attractions · Posidonia, Vari & the south
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Beaches · Posidonia, Vari & the south
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Where to stay · Posidonia, Vari & the south
Hotels on the map · Posidonia, Vari & the south
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Tours and day trips from here
Boat trips, guided tours of the ancient sites and tickets bookable ahead — free cancellation on most.
- Ermoupoli on footMiaouli Square, the 1862 Apollon Theatre, the Vaporia quarter dropping into the sea, and a thousand marble steps up to Catholic Ano Syros.See guided tours →
- San Michali and loukoumiA small island with its own PDO cheese, its own louza, and shops that have been making loukoumi for a century.See food tours →
- A junction, not a dead endBoats go on from here to almost every other Cyclade, which makes Syros a good first or last stop — and it is open in February.See day trips →
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Where to stay
The other parts of Syros
- Ermoupoli & Ano SyrosA nineteenth-century city of marble streets and neoclassical facades under two cathedral hills, with an opera house, and open all winter.12 attractions · 1 beaches · 10 restaurants & tavernas · 7 where to stay
- Galissas, Kini & the westThe island's two beach villages, facing the sunset four kilometres apart, with the empty north coast and its inscribed rocks above them.1 attractions · 7 beaches · 3 restaurants & tavernas · 5 where to stay
Before you go
Car hire from local firmsIsland rental companies rather than the international desks — usually cheaper, often with full insurance and no card deposit. On Crete, Kefalonia or Naxos a car is what gets you to the beaches the buses do not reach.Compare local cars →Scooter, ATV & bike hireThe classic island runabout for coves and hilltop villages. Wear the helmet, check what the insurance excludes, and be honest about gravel roads — they are where most rental accidents happen.Find a scooter →Car hire, budgetAn aggregator that tends to surface the lowest headline prices. Read the fuel, insurance and ferry clauses — many contracts do not allow the car on a boat.Compare prices →
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