![]() Once Greece’s ship-building centre, Syros' industry centres around the yard in Neorio. ![]() A few rembetiko joints have survived in the upper town, Ano Syros. There’s still a strong Italian flavour in Ermoupoli’s marble piazzas, princely mansions, and miniature replica of La Scala, the showpiece of a year-round cultural scene. Syros hosts festivals of animation, dance, digital art, film, classical music, jazz and rembetiko, the Greek blues popularised by local musician Markos Vamvakaris. ![]() The colourful 19th-century city of Ermoupoli is built on twin peaks – one Orthodox, the other Catholic, the heritage of a long Venetian occupation. On Syros, capital of the Cyclades, you won’t find sugar-cube villages and whitewashed lanes.
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