What better venue to learn Greek than on on of Greeces most beautiful Islands? I’m telling you, the Greek language is not as hard as it seems, just try it! If you are this kind of traveller, who is unbelievably excited before every trip, I have some usefull words and phrases to focus your travel engery on:
If you ask the locals for a unique souvenir of this lovely Island, I promise you everyone will recommend you the same thing: Mastic! The chiots are very proud of it alright, but they also have reason to: From chewing gum over body lotion until glue (I’m not kidding!), Mastic is a real allrounder and can be used for literally everything. Especially the south of Chios is full of tiny Mastic trees and the villages there are generally called mastic villages, because their economy is mostly based on the cultivation, harvesting, production of different products. The local people there are […]
Imagine you and your beloved ones enjoy the beautiful clear blue sea. The sun is shining on your face and you are laying on a sailing boat watching the sea ground and its nature as well as the beautiful island from a new angle of view… No matter if you’re a sea expert or not, Chios offers possibilities for everyone to make this wonderful experience! Enjoy the sea breeze and live a unique holiday experience. You can either rent a yacht with or without skipper. Another good thing is, this experience is affordable for everybody! With Chios Yachting for example […]
Chios Island has many breathtaking spots and one of them is for sure the little chapel of Agios Isodoros, close to the romantic little village Lagkada. The chapel itself is build on a little cliff in the sea, so a short way was built to reach it. So when you go towards the chapel on your wedding day to say YES to your significant other, you will feel like you are waking directly on the water. This simple yet outstanding place of Chios Island is featured on several wedding blogs as most beautiful and romantic place to get married in […]
It is difficult to tell how and when the “Rocket War”-tradition started in Vrontados. Today there are many different versions of the story. We will tell you two of them. The first version says that it has its origins in the 19th century, when the Ottoman occupiers confiscated the cannons of the locals because they feared that they would be used in a rebellion. So the residents of Vrontados had the idea of using rockets instead. This became the traditional annual Rocket War. The second story states that this tradition was born during the turkish occupation. People from the island […]