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Caves on Naxos?

Lankyman

Lankyman

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As we're spending a week on Naxos walking I was wondering if anyone knows if there is significant cave development? The mountains seem to be predominantly limestone and marble with schist in places, very like other places around the Med I've been to. The famous ones seem to be halfway up Mt Zas (the highest peak) where Zeus himself was born and a seacave popular with kayakers and tourists. Googling doesn't reveal anything 'proper'. Today we walked through a small hamlet called Danakos where there was a significant rising by the church but I couldn't see open passage.
 
You might consider a visit to Andiparos via Paros. The huge decorated cave there has been visited for centuries if not millennia.
 
Mrs Trellis said:
You might consider a visit to Andiparos via Paros. The huge decorated cave there has been visited for centuries if not millennia.
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Sadly, we are leaving Naxos tomorrow morning (with a brief ferry call at Paros). Today it's a pre-dawn start to get the early bus in time for a walk up Mt Zas. Hopefully, get a look into the Zas Cave which does look like an actual real cave with some stals.
 
Cantclimbtom said:
Hope Paros is OK for you, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cx275xnen7no
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Yes, I think we dodged a bullet here on Naxos. Paros is only a few miles away across the strait and we've seen it every day except when it's been obscured by weather. We had heavy rain last night but no flooding. Just got back in from a walk up Mt Zas, the highest point in the Cyclades. Unfortunately, the clouds rolled in on the top so not much of a view and then cleared off as we were halfway down. We did get into Zas Cave which was very impressive with large chambers inside. It would have been much better with decent lights rather than our puny head torches. No sign of Zeus above or below ground.
 
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