Top Choice Museum in Ermoupoli
Industrial Museum of Ermoupoli
This excellent chronicle of Syros’ industrial and shipbuilding traditions occupies a restored factory packed with more than 300 well-labelled items relating to sewing, printing, spinning, engines, ships and more. As…
Top Choice Church in Ermoupoli
Agios Georgios Cathedral
Ano Syros, originally a medieval settlement, has narrow alleyways and whitewashed houses. It is a fascinating place to wander around and has views of neighbouring islands. Be wise and catch the bus up to settlement.…
Square in Ermoupoli
Plateia Miaouli
This great square is perhaps the finest urban space in the Cyclades. Once situated immediately upon the seashore, today it sits well inland and is dominated by the dignified neoclassical town hall, designed by Ernst…
Area in Ermoupoli
Vaporia
Historic Building in Ermoupoli
Town Hall
Plateia Miaouli is dominated by the neoclassical town hall, which was designed by Ernst Ziller. A couple of elegant old-world cafes are found in the hall’s wings, with alfresco seating for great people-watching.
Theatre in Ermoupoli
Apollo Theatre
Built in the 1860s, this venerable theatre was partly modelled on La Scala in Milan. Keep an eye out for regular theatre performances (in Greek), or pop in to take a look around.
Church in Ermoupoli
Agios Nikolaos
Museum in Ermoupoli
Archaeological Museum
The town’s small, unremarkable archaeological museum is housed in the rear of the town hall. Founded in 1834 and one of the oldest in Greece, it houses a tiny collection of ceramic and marble vases, grave stelae and…
Museum in Ermoupoli
Vamvakaris Museum
This museum celebrates Markos Vamvakaris, the locally born patriarch of rembetika (blues).