Koufonisia are part of the Little Cyclades, a cluster of five small islands southeast of Naxos: Iraklia, Schinousa, Donousa and Koufonisia. Back in the 1980s, only the odd bearded backpackers and loners chose this part of the Aegean for holidays, known as agoni grammi (non-commercial lines) – ferry routes with very low passenger and commercial traffic which no shipping company cared to service. The trend started to change in the mid-1990s, when the appetite for the popular islands was saturated and more people wanted to travel off the beaten track. The biggest recipient of the new wave of tourism has been Koufonisi, whose tourist infrastructure went from having one camping site, two tavernas and two cafés to dozens of rooms, boutique hotels, apartments and bars spread all over the island. The inhabitants in all these islands are mainly fishermen who continue to supply the local tavernas with their daily catch. The islands are ideal for those who are interested in resting and swimming and not so much in culture, as there is not much sightseeing to be done. Here we are a project photography from this beauty islands by me
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