Amorgos, with its dramatic mountain scenery and laid-back atmosphere, is attracting visitors in increasing numbers, most ferries and catamarans call at both Katapola in the southwest and Aegiali in the north. The island can get extremely crowded in midsummer, the numbers swollen by French people paying their respects to film location of Luc Besson’s The Big Blue, although fewer venture out to Liveros at the island’s western end to see the wreck of the Olympia which figures so prominently in the movie. In general it’s a low-key, escapist clientele, happy to have found a relatively large, interesting, uncommercialized and hospitable island with excellent walking.

Amorgos, with its dramatic mountain scenery and laid-back atmosphere, is attracting visitors in increasing numbers. The island can get extremely crowded in midsummer, the numbers swollen by French people paying their respects to the film location of Luc Besson’s The Big Blue, although fewer venture out to Liveros at the island’s western end to see the wreck of the Olympia which figures so prominently in the movie. In general it’s a low-key, escapist clientele, happy to have found a relatively large, interesting, uncommercialized and hospitable island with excellent walking.

Amorgos is much more about archaeology and activities than beaching – there’s great walking, scuba diving and a burgeoning rock-climbing scene. With a population of about 500 people, Tiny Katapola straggles round the curving, yacht-filled shoreline of a picturesque bay in the most verdant part of the island. The remains of the ancient city of Minoa, as well as a Mycenaean cemetery, lie above the port and can be reached by footpath or a steep, surfaced road. Amorgos has also yielded many Cycladic finds; the largest figurine in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens was found in the vicinity of Katapola.

The main ports where you can anchor in Amorgos are the main anchorage Vourkari at the north east side of Saint Nicolaos bay, the Shelter which is very well protected from the meltemi but not from westerlies and the Mooring where yachts can either anchor offshore or moor stern to at the quay.

From the north to the south at the east side of Amorgos are located the islands Koufonisia in about 10 miles then Schinousa in about 20 miles , Ios in about 30 miles and further Santorini.

The specific geographical coordinates are 36°50’47.8″N 25°54’41.2″E in Aegean Sea.