- Dodecanese Islands
- Nisyros features active volcano and unique volcanic geology
- Poros offers two distinct parts with churches and pine plantations
- Serifos provides secluded beaches and ancient mining trails
- Spetses is known for pine forests and historic harbor
- Kalymnos specializes in rock climbing and sponge diving
- Lemnos features dramatic waterfalls and desert near Katalakkos
- Samothrace is famous for Nike of Samothrace now in Louvre
- Cyclades Islands
- Milos boasts most beaches in Cyclades
- Syros serves as administrative capital with medieval architecture
- Patmos is famous for Cave of the Apocalypse
- Skopelos is greenest Greek island with 300+ churches
- Skyros features whitewashed towns and Skyrian horses
- Lesbos known for hot springs and traditional pottery
- Sifnos is called 'most delicious Greek island'
- Saronic Islands
- Aegina is closest to Athens with ancient ruins
- Andros offers hiking trails and citrus groves
- Chios known for mastic production and palatial architecture
- Thasos features olive groves and Tsipouro production