Cyclades Cyclades The Cyclades (; ) are an island group in the Aegean Sea, southeast of mainland Greece and a former administrative prefecture of Greece. They are one of the island groups which constitute the Aegean archipelago. The name refers to the islands "around" (κυκλάς) the sacred island of Delos. The largest island of the Cyclades is Naxos. The significant Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Cycladic culture is best known for its schematic, flat idols carved out of the islands' pure white marble centuries before the great Middle Bronze Age Minoan civilization arose in Crete to the south. (These figures
HSC Cyclades Express Perama. During her refit she was repainted in NEL Lines livery and renamed Cyclades Express. In early 2016, "Cyclades Express" was sold to the ferry company Seajets and is planned to be renamed Naxos Express. There are also two other 74m hulls built by Incat but show clear differences to the standard 74m design ships above. These are:- HSC Cyclades Express Cyclades Express is a high speed catamaran operated by NEL Lines in the Aegean. The Cyclades Express was built in 1992 as Seacat Scotland for Sea Containers. She was built to inaugurate a new fast ferry service between Stranraer