Folegandros Municipality

Move over Santorini, Folegandros beckons. While booming crowds of sunset seekers are vying for the top cave hotels on Greece’s most-visited island only an hour away, there’s something altogether more authentic on offer just to the northwest. Carved by ancient volcanoes, the place is all sheer cliffs and graphite-tinged beaches, along with terraced vineyards dropping straight to an azure Aegean. The best place to begin is in the capital of Chora. Whitewashed cubist homes coalesce around cute tavernas there. For the evening light, be sure to hit the trail to the church of Panagia. It clings to a jutting rock and has views every inch as good as Santorini!