Lefkes

The largest of the mountain villages, built in an amphitheatre among olive trees and pines in the middle of the island. Its marble-paved lanes, arches and little squares are among the prettiest in the Cyclades, and it stays cool when the coast is hot. Above the village stands the twin-towered marble church of Agia Triada, and below it starts the Byzantine path, an old stone road down through the valley to Prodromos.