Around the world, Greece is famous for its beautiful islands, but few realise there are 1,200 to 6,000 islands and islets in total, dependent on the definition of an island, but only 227 are officially designated as inhabited.

The largest Greek island by area is Crete, located at the southern edge of the Aegean Sea. The second largest island is Euboea (Evia), which is separated from the mainland of Greece by a 60m-wide strait and is administered as part of the Central Greece region. The third and fourth largest Greek islands are Lesbos and Rhodes.

Thassos is the most northerly Greek island, with an area of 380 sq. kilometres in size and ranked 12th.

Kos is ranked 16th in size at 290 sq. kilometres.

Santorini has a total area of 76 sq. kilometres and is the 62nd largest island in the Mediterranean.

The Peloponnese is technically an island after the construction of the Corinth Canal in 1893 but is rarely considered as such.

With regard to the population of the islands we cover, Rhodes has approximately 125,113 citizens, of which 50,636 live within the capital city limits. Kos has a population of around 36,986, Thassos 13,770 and Santorini approximately 15,500. Obviously, the populations increase dramatically during the summer tourist season.