Visitor reviews of resorts, beaches, apartments, tavernas from visitors on holiday on the Greek island of Ikaria. Have you been to Ikaria this year? Let others know of your experiences. We welcome all opinions on holidays in Ikaria.
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Good: Not a lot.
Bad: Few large Greek islands are less immediately appealing than Ikaria. Its steep slopes drop gracelessly into the sea, and the island's long coastline has few shapely bays or good harbours.
Good: Not a lot.
Bad: This narrow, windswept landmass is little visited and invariably underestimated . . . it's not a strikingly beautiful island, with most of the terrain consisting of scrub-covered schist.
Good: Not a lot.
Bad: It presents a forbidding, rocky, ungainly face to the world and much of it is inaccessible except on foot. The Ikarian sea is one of the wildest corners of the Aegean.
I can't believe you have written such a negative review of Ikaria. OK, it's not the most attractive of the Greek islands but that's only a comparative thing. It has lots that are attractive. There are beautiful forest and hill trails that rival those on many other islands, it has gobsmacking beaches - you must have had your eyes shut when you visited- and some belting landscape views. The beaches may not be so plentiful but they are worth the effort. They are just stunning. I have been going for three years and I'm off again next year. You won't find friendlier islanders throughout Greece. You don't give it near enough credit.
Alice Mann
I have a relation on Ikaria and I go to visit every other year always. It is a lovely island and I'm sorry you do not think so. Some parts are a bit wild and lonely I agree but many others show the joy of Greece and its inhabitants. Much that is bad is said about Ikaria and I understand little that it is so. Ikaria is where I want to live when I am old.
Angelos Peters
