Skip to main content

Special trees

Here you find a few articles about special trees worth seeing on Naxos.

Die Steineichen im Zeuswald

22. January 2026

Die Steineiche ist ein Charakterbaum der mediterranen Vegetation; als immergrüner Baum ist sie gut an das sommertrockene mediterrane Klima angepasst. Auf Naxos kommt die Steineiche zwar vor, ist aber…

Flechten auf dem Zeus-Berg

13. August 2013

Der Gipfel des Zeus-Berges, des höchsten Berges von Naxos (und der Kykladen), war ursprünglich sicher dicht bewaldet. Heute ist er mit spärlich verstreutem, niedrigem, von den Ziegen verbissenem Gest…

A church and a tree in the Tragaia

3. February 2012

Naxos has much to offer, incluring many trees and many churches, and some of them are truly remarkable. There are many kermes oaks in the Tragaía, but this one is unique. Only when you look a litt…

The Holm oaks of Kinidaros

27. November 2010

The Holm oak (Quercus ilex) is the tree species that characterises the Mediterranean climate zone; and it was originally widespread in the whole Mediterranean region. Today, the Holm oak, which is se…

The largest and oldest Olive tree

23. October 2010

Not far from the temple of Demeter, at the beginning of the gravel road that leads to the fortress of Apalírou, there is an ancient spring (Brysi Adisárou) in a small valley covered with plane trees…

The Vallonean oaks at Karkos near Apiranthos

6. September 2010

A very beautiful hiking trail leads from Apíranthos via the fortified monastery of Fotodótis to Danakós. The path leads past a picturesque plateau called Karkós, where some magnificent old oak trees…