People who want their beaches to be long, deserted and windswept come to Mikri Vigla, which is still only ten kilometres from Naxos Town.

Pushing out from the small namesake resort down to Kastraki, the white sandy beach, also known as Sahara, is open to the Etesian wind, which blows through the Cyclades from the north.

This produces low, rolling waves and powers the sails and kites of windsurfers and kite-surfers.