Hotel Palatia

Slotted directly onto Agios Georgios beach, Hotel Palatia puts the Aegean a few steps from every room, with beach umbrellas and a sun deck included for guests rather than rented at a surcharge.

Despite a one-star classification, the property scores 9.4 across 331 reviews — a gap explained by the beachfront position and hands-on service. Rooms come with soundproofing, private bathrooms, refrigerators, and in-room breakfast delivery. The tour desk organises diving excursions and horseback riding inland, while bicycle and car rental handle independent exploration of Naxos's marble villages.

Agios Georgios is Naxos Chora's calmest bay, sheltered from the meltemi wind that roughens the island's eastern coast, and within ten minutes' walk of the Portara — the ancient Apollo temple gateway at the harbour entrance.