What is the best Greek island to visit?

Santorini's caldera sunsets, Milos's lunar-white Sarakiniko coves, Naxos's ancient marble gate: the Greek islands that define a Mediterranean bucket list, from Cycladic icons to quieter Ionian and Dodecanese picks. Vote for the one you'd book first.

1. 1
   Santorini

   A volcanic island famed for whitewashed clifftop villages and caldera sunsets.
2. 2
   Mykonos

   A Cycladic party island known for whitewashed windmills and beach clubs.
3. 3
   Crete

   Greece's largest island, home to the Minoan ruins of Knossos and diverse landscapes.
4. 4
   Rhodes

   A Dodecanese island with a UNESCO-listed medieval old town.
5. 5
   Corfu

   A green Ionian island with Venetian architecture in its old town.
6. 6
   Zakynthos

   An Ionian island famous for the shipwreck cove at Navagio Beach.
7. 7
   Naxos

   The largest Cycladic island, known for the Portara ruin and mountain villages.
8. 8
   Paros

   A Cycladic island known for the Chora old town and Kolymbithres beach.
9. 9
   Milos

   A volcanic Cycladic island famous for the multicolored Sarakiniko moonscape beach.
10. 10
    Kefalonia

    An Ionian island known for Myrtos Beach and the Melissani cave lake.
11. 11
    Ios

    A Cycladic island known for its nightlife and Mylopotas Beach.
12. 12
    Symi

    A small Dodecanese island known for its pastel neoclassical harbor.
13. 13
    Hydra

    A car-free Saronic island known for its stone harbor town and donkeys.
14. 14
    Skiathos

    A Sporades island known for Koukounaries Beach and pine forests.
15. 15
    Folegandros

    A quiet Cycladic island known for the clifftop Chora perched above the sea.
16. 16
    Amorgos

    A remote Cycladic island known for the clifftop Hozoviotissa Monastery.