There's one "positive" thing (there are more positive things for me, but we won't talk about it right now) that people can learn during this global corona-virus epidemic. That is to value more travel, vacations, nature, landscapes. To appreciate more the freedom of movement. These are the things that most people take for granted. Also we get to feel again the inestimable power of silence, peace, balance...
For example, that feeling like "the time has stopped", I experienced during my short stay on Koufonisia island. When you feel there's only you and nature, when you hear the sounds of waves, sounds of birds. To sit in a bar by the sea at night, where commercial lamps are replaced with candles on the tables, starry skies and the full moon glow. Where the cars don't pass non-stop so the air is clean. Here you can fully feel that chillout vibe which became a luxury nowadays...
Of course in the peak-season it's a bit different. This small island known as Mykonos island heir, which covers only 26km², is crowded with people. That's why I prefer to travel off-season when you can enjoy the charm and natural beauty of a place without distractions, crowds and noises. See below all the breathtaking locations which you must see if you decide to visit Koufonisia!
Postoji jedna "pozitivna" stvar (za mene vise pozitivnih stvari, ali necemo sad o tome) koju ljudi mogu da nauce tokom ove globalne korona-virus epidemije. To je da vise vrednuju putovanja, odmore, prirodu, pejsaze… Da vise cene slobodu kretanja. To su stvari koje vecina ljudi uzima "zdravo za gotovo". Takodje nanovo se moze upoznati i osetiti neprocenjiva moc tisine, spokoja, mira, balansa...
Eto recimo taj osecaj "kao da je vreme stalo" sam dozivela tokom kratkog boravka na ostrvu Kufonisija. Osecaj da postojite samo ti i priroda, da cujes zvuke talasa, zvuke ptica. Da sedis uvece u kaficu pored mora, gde su komercijalne svetiljke zamenjene svecama na stolovima, zvezdanim nebom i sjajem punog meseca. Gde ne prolaze non-stop automobili pa je vazduh cist... Tu mozes da u potpunosti osetis, u danasnje vreme luksuzni, chillout vibe...
Naravno u spicu sezone stvar je pomalo drugacija. Ovo malo ostrvo koje nazivaju naslednikom Mikonosa, i koje zahvata svega 26km², je krcato ljudima. Zato ja vise volim da putujem van sezone, kada mozes da uzivas u carima i prirodnoj lepoti mesta bez ometanja, guzve i buke. Pogledajte u nastavku sve lokacije koje oduzimaju dah i koje morate posetiti ako se nadjete na ostrvu Kufonisija!
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exploring charming Koufonisia island - read here
Koufonisia island travel photos
Koufonisia beaches travel video
Kufonisija plaze travel video
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Have to admit, I have strange "love-hate relationship" with Mykonos island. I mean the island is gorgeous! Great and organized sandy beaches (and I've seen a loooot of Greek beaches), dreamy hotels, chic restaurants and taverns, elegant shops, excellent beach clubs/bars... but... it makes me sick how much Mykonos became commercialized over the last years. So much that it lost its unique vibe.
In my opinion Mykonos is more than a "party" island, just like Ibiza is. Frankly speaking many of those who visit the island don't even know how to have fun (unless they're drank from the early morning)… Anyway I'll skip the ugly stories that I hear about its visitors and (just like always) I'll focus on the best that Mykonos have, in this case: fabulous beaches! Take a look at the most famous and beautiful beaches of Mykonos island that I personally visited, and then continue to explore the ones that interest you. Enjoy!;)
Moram priznati, imam cudnu "volim-mrzim vezu" sa Mikonos ostrvom. Naravno da je ostrvo predivno! Sjajno organizovane pescane plaze (verujte mi videla sam beeeezbroj grckih plaza), hoteli kao iz raja, sik restorani i taverne, elegantne radnje, odlicni klubove i barovi na plazi… ali… prosto mi je muka koliko je Mikonos komercijalizovan u poslednjih nekoliko godina. Toliko da je izgubio svoju draz.
Po meni Mikonos je mnogo vise od "party" ostrva. Iskeno receno mnogi koji posecuju Mikonos ni ne znaju da se provode i zabavljaju (naravno ako se ne nasljokaju od ranog jutra)… Elem preskocicu ruzne price o posetiocima ostrva, i fokusiracu se (kao i uvek) na ono najbolje sto Mikonos ima, u ovom slucaju- fenomenalne plaze! U nastavku pogledajte najpoznatije i najlepse plaze Mikonos ostrva koje sam ja licno posetila, pa po izboru nastavite da istrazujete one koje vas zanimaju! Uzivajte!;)
The last couple of years, a few vacation days were reserved for PAROS island, one of my favorite Greek islands. One
would think that after all this time there is no unexplored corner on
this island, but the truth is far from it... There's always something
new to see and experience, especially when you have only 4-5 days for exploring. Sometimes you're just bored to go here and there; sometimes you want to relax in
one place and spend your entire vacation on the specific beach; sometimes the company is so good that you forget everything (all this happened to us)...
Zadnjih par godina, nekoliko dana godišnjeg odmora je bilo rezervisano za PAROS ostrvo, meni uvek drago. Neko bi rekao da nakon toliko vremena ne postoji neistražen kutak na ovom ostrvu, ali istina je daleko od toga... Uvek postoji nešto novo da se vidi i iskusi, naročito kada imate samo 4-5 dana za istraživanje. Nekada vas i mrzi da obilazite, nekada hoćete da se opustite (bolje reći stacionirate) na jednom mestu i čitav odmor provedete na jednoj plaži, nekada je društvo toliko dobro da zaboravite na sve (sve se ovo nama desilo)...
LIVADIA beach
ALIKI beach & PISO ALIKI beach
Anyway
this year we happened to spend the entire vacation in Paros. We had a
moment to spare so we decided to go for a tour and discover some new locations. One day we even drove around the whole island, it was awesome. We went again to Mikri Santa beach and Faragas beach. We skipped Santa Maria beach because it was closed...
Elem ove godine se zadesilo da čitav odmor provedemo na Parosu te smo
imali koji slobodan trenutak za obilazak i otkrivanje nekih novih
lokacija. Jedan dan smo obišli i čitavo ostrvo u krug, bilo je sjajno. Ponovo smo bili
na Mikri Santa plaži i Faragas plaži. Preskočili smo Santa Maria plažu jer je
bila zatvorena...
AMBELAS beach
"Aspro seaside restaurant"
New
for us was a place called Ambelas. Its small yet cute beach has a very nice beach club
restaurant "Aspro seaside restaurant", all in
white like the name says. A
little further, in south of the island, are Aliki beach and Piso Aliki beach, which I didn't like at all, they don't even remind me on Paros, completely
different vibe. But there were a lot of people, both tourists and the locals...
Novo za nas je bilo mesto Ambelas čija plaža ima vrlo
lep beach klub restoran "Aspro seaside restaurant", sav u belom kao što i
samo ime kaže. Nešto dalje, južnije na ostrvu, su Aliki plaža i Piso Aliki plaža koje
mi se uopšte nisu svidele, čak me ni ne podsećaju na Paros, potpuno
drugačija atmosfera. Ali ljudi je bilo, i turisti i lokalno
stanovništvo...
FARAGAS beach
Livadia
beach is located near the main town Paroikia. One typically
organized beach, clean, quite ok, with several cafes and sunbeds... Next to it are Krios beach, and newly discovered gem- Martselo beach! Crystal
clear water (as everywhere in Paros), soft sand, beautiful view, silence
and peace (when we were there, lol, because during the peak season there's no peace)... There's this nice place called "Paradiso beach club & restaurant" which has its own part of beach with sunbeds and umbrellas...
Livadia plaža se nalazi blizu glavnog gradića Parikije (Paroikia), jedna tipično organizovana plaža, sredjena, sasvim ok, sa nekoliko kafića i
ležaljkama... U nastavku su Krios plaža, i novootkriveni dragulj- Martselo plaža! Kristalno čista voda (kao i svuda na Parosu), mekan pesak, lep
pogled, tišina i mir (kad smo mi bili, haha, tokom glavne sezone ne postoji mir)... Tu je i "Paradiso beach club & restaurant" koji
ima i svoj deo plaže sa ležaljkama i suncobranima...
MARTSELO beach
"Paradiso beach club & restaurant"
That's it, some new spots on the island of Paros, and some new memories for us!:) It's always nice to see something new, to experince something different... that's why trips and traveling exist...
Eto nekoliko novih lokacija na ostrvu Paros, i nekoliko novih uspomena za nas!:) Uvek je lepo videti nešto novo, doživeti nešto drugačije... putovanja za to i služe...
The best thing about being on a holiday in the off-season? You're gonna have so many things only for yourself (ok sometimes you'll need to wake up earlier, lol)!;) Take my example: we had this pool only for ourselves for more than one hour, before other people started to come. Pure magic! The same pool that was overcrowded during the summer season! And it's a super trendy spot in Ios, as "EREGO beach club & restaurant" was opened this summer, and everybody told us we must go there! So we went, we "conquered" and we came back to our hotel! Mission accomplished, everybody satisfied!
Najbolja stvar kada ste na odmoru u van-sezoni? Imacete toliko stvari na raspolaganju samo za vas (ok to ponekad ukljucuje i rano budjenje, haha)!;) Evo vam moj primer: imali smo ovaj bazen samo za nas vise od sat vremena, pre nego sto su drugi poceli da dolaze. Cista magija! Isti bazen koji je bio svakodnevno krcat tokom glavne sezone. Zato sto je "EREGO beach club & restaurant" otvoren ovog leta, te je brzo postao trendi lokacija na Ios ostrvu i svi su nam rekli da mooooramo otici. Otisli smo, "osvojili" mesto i vratili se u nas hotel. Misija uspesno obavljena, svi zadovoljni!
"EREGO beach club & restaurant" has its own beach. With imported palms. Looking really cool. I love their white beach beds. They asked us to pay 30 euros for 2 persons plus drinks. You couldn't swim because it was super windy at Koumbara beach. So we would pay for the view. A bit too much for the off-season, if you ask me. We went back to the pool. Such an easy decision, right?;)
"EREGO beach club & restaurant" ima svoju plazu. Sa uvezenim palmama. Stvarno cool izgleda. Svidele su mi se njihove bele lezaljke. Trazili su nam 30 evra za 2 osobe plus pice. Niste mogli da plivate tog dana jer je bilo zaista vetrovito na Koumbara plazi. Tako da bismo platili pogled. Malo previse za vansezonu po mom misljenju. Otisli smo nazad do bazena. Laka odluka, zar ne?;)
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