Quiet and traditional. Like going to the most remote island in the Aegean, but it's so close to Athens. How can this be? Try going there and you will understand. You can take a flying dolphin from Pireaus but it leaves at 7:30 in the morning. It's smooth sailing until you hit the Cavo d Oro, the most treacherous stretch of water in the Mediterranean, and then you start praying. Hydrfoils are made for lakes and rivers, not rough seas. Alternative? Take the ferry. But it leaves from Lavrion, an hour plus bus ride to a city with 75% unemployment and is best known for being used as a stand-in for war-torn Sarajevo in the film Ulysses Gaze, when it was too dangerous to film there. If you get this far, stay in Voukari or Livadia. The village of Ioulis is a fantastic labyrinth of white cycladic houses perched on the side of a mountain. Great beaches, especially those that you can only walk to. Few connections to the rest of the Cyclades.