1. EVER HEARD OF A GREEK ISLAND CALLED SERIFOS? PROBABLY NOT.

THAT IS BECAUSE STYLIANOS LIVANIOS, THE ISLAND’S DEPUTY MAYOR, HAS MADE SURE NO BIG CHAIN HOTELS STEP FOOT ON THE ISLAND

An Aegean island of 75 square km similar to Santorini, Serifos has 72 beaches uniquely free of sunbeds that allow visitors to enjoy the clear blue waters in privacy. Instead of massive hotels, the mayor has made sure that only small lodgings are available, kept far apart so that the island’s natural environment is preserved.

Do you have time for another island? Instead of walking down a beach avoiding cigarette buds, experience a Greek island considered the world’s first smoke-free island. Astypalaia, one of the Dodecanese islands, is attracting tourists who want to step away from the increasingly damaging cigarette consumption prevailing in the rest of Greece, which has the highest rates of cigarette consumption in Europe..