The Lady of Cyclades, the nymph of the Aegean Sea, Syros has a unique charm and glamour deriving from both the cultural and the economic prosperity that it has experienced and is still experiencing even today. Located between Mykonos and Kythnos, the wonderful island of Syros is the capital of the Cyclades and of the Province of the South Aegean Sea. Its area is estimated at 84km² and has a population of 21.390 inhabitants. It has been the biggest industrial center and the main port of Greece for years, before the development of Piraeus and the opening of the isthmus of Korinthos. It is not only a holiday destination but also much more, since its love, its tradition and its nobility follow you even if you have left the island. This place was the first that taught to the Greeks the coexistence of different people and civilizations. It set out the principles of multiculturalism in Greece, since it united at the same place two different religious doctrines, the Orthodox and the Catholic. With the Aegean breeze cooling its narrow alleys, Syros is the ethereal island of the Aegean Sea. Its land is semi-mountainous and hilly, except for its coastline, which are lowland and form coves, capes and small islands that add mystery to the island. Syros maintains its magic and brilliance throughout the year. The climate is purely Mediterranean, with a mild winter and a pleasant summer. Historically, Syros fills entire encyclopedias, since this is where the most ancient Cycladic settlement was built in Kastri and Halandriani during the 3^rd Millennium BC. This settlement had an intense trading liveliness as indicated by the findings of several excavations. Machining workshops and products of Asia Minor also indicate the importance of the island during the Neolithic period and later, in ancient Greece. Due to its trading and cultural development, Syros was a treasure-island for the tribes of the era. From the 2^nd until the 1^st Millennium BC, the island went successively from the hands of the Phoenicians, Cretans, Mycenaeans and, finally, to the Ionians. In between the 6^th-3^rd century, Syros was occupied by Samos and had developed extensively in agriculture, as shown by the findings of the era. In 490 BC, it was conquered by the Persians, and, after repelling them, it paid tributes to the Athenians. During the Roman and the Byzantine era, the island was in relative decline with a few exceptions of development in the area of today's capital, Ermoupoli. During the Byzantine period, the Aegean Sea was dominated by pirates and, therefore, the inhabitants living near the coast moved to the mountainous areas of the island. In the 13^th century, Syros was occupied and controlled by the Venetians, who built the old city – the first significant settlement on the island-in Ano Syros, where residents, although they spoke Greek, embraced the Catholic doctrine. Proving that they did not occupy the island under a dictatorship, the Venetians preserved a small Orthodox parish, Agios Nikolaos of the rich. The above situation was maintained until the beginning of 16^th century when the island was conquered by the Turks. Thanks to the diplomacy of local wealthy population, Sultan Murat III granted privileges to the island (lower taxation, religious freedom, prohibition of janissaries settling on the island), and, as a result, during the revolution of 1821, the island become a hideaway for the persecuted. During the first years after the Revolution, Syros flourished exponentially and became the first industrial center in Greece, while Ermoupoli became the first Greek port. Many different cultures had left their traces on the island, which was inhabited by Venetians, Capuchins, Jesuits, Turks and refugees from the coast of Asia Minor, who during the Ottoman Empire, had sought shelter in the island of Syros. The first Greek machine shops, large shipbuilding yards and the first anonymous Greek shipping company were founded there by wealthy refugees. Over the years, the widening of the Corinth Canal and the transfer of the capital from Ermoupoli in Athens gave a huge boost to the port of Piraeus and Athens, leaving Syros in a secondary place. Syros might have lost its great seafaring, trading and industrial significance, but it still remains the queen of the Cyclades and the most aristocratic island in the Aegean Sea with its beauties and the treasures of the civilizations that contributed in its prominence. The wide cultural tradition and the numerous beauties of the island attract thousands of Greek and foreign tourists every year, since it is an island for all taste and ages.