Azolimnos Beach
A holiday village with a typical Greek atmosphere. Many locals and foreigners come here every day to visit the many tavernas at the seaside.

Galissas Beach
Located on the west coast - a sheltered 900 metre stretch of dark sand flanked by camp sites, cafes, restaurants and music bars. It's the liveliest beach on Syros and because of the large contingent of backpackers who stay at the island's only two sites it can get very over crowded and noisy in high season.

Finikas Beach
a Phoenician settlement and is now home to about 1,000 islanders. The resort has a pier with moorings for yachts and fishing boats and a series of small beaches, some of them protected from the meltemi wind by tiny islets. This section of the coastline is particularly popular with windsurfers and other watersports enthusiasts

Poseidonia Beach
(also known as Dellagrazia) is one of the most tourist-orientated on the island - a wonderful sand and pebble beach separated from Finikas by a tiny headland. The island's first main road was built in 1855 from the capital to Finikas via Poseidonia which subsequently became a popular retreat for wealthy ship owners. The resort is awash with grand Italianate mansions, beautiful palm-filled gardens, cosmopolitan hotels and upmarket tavernas.

Kini Beach
It's one of the best spots on the island to enjoy the sunset and if you're here on June 29 th you'll be able to join the islanders for an all night festival at the local church. The festivities include bouzouki music, dancing and copious quantities of kakavia (the local fish soup).

Megas Gialos
on the south coast - a long sheltered beach popular with families because of the gently shelving sand and the availability of good tourist facilities including pedaloes for hire.