Plateia Miaouli

At the heart of Ermoupolis, the lively and likeable main town of Syros lies the great square of Plateia Miaouli, the finest urban space in the Cyclades. Once the sea reached this spot, but today the square is located well inland and is flanked by palm trees and lined along its south side by cafés and bars, some of them engagingly seedy.

The north side of the square is dominated by the magnificent neoclassical town hall. The small archaeological museum at the rear, founded in 1834 and one of the oldest in Greece, houses a tiny collection of ceramic and marble vases, grave stelae and some very fine Cycladic figurines.