Vrontados, Chios which is a smaller town with about 5300 inhabitants within Chios island , is today also known as a suburb of the capital Chios. It is located on the east coast of Chios north of Chios City. You have the opportunity to get an amazing view on the sea and it is possible to see Turkey as well.
The beautiful village Volissos is definitely a place you have to visit when your once on our beautiful island Chios. It is located in the north western part of the island. Volissos is one of the biggest villages here and can be found 40 km away from the capital Chios and is situated about 1,5 km away from the seaside and its port. The village offers amazing views from the entrance to the mountain with the old Byzantine castle. The castle has a trapezoid shape with six circular towers and the village is built in amphitheatrical style on a […]
Pirama is a cute little village situated in the north western part of Chios Island. There is only a distance of 4 kilometers to the village of Volissos and 44 kilometers to the Capital. It s part of the Municipal Unit of Amani.You will find the village on a hill’s flat top, 220 meters elevation. The population is super small! There are around 100 residences but just around 40 people populate this village. But nevertheless Pirama has a school and a cultural club. Well worth seeing are the Venetian Tower, the building of the school, the spread chapels and the […]
The village of Kourounia consists of four settlements (mahalades) and lies just behind the village of Egrigoros and about eighteen kilometers away from Volissos. The region is famous for the production of a local wine called kourouniotiko, which is said to come from the well-known ‘Ariousian’ wine of the antiquity. It embraces Kourounia and the mountainsides surrounding. Lately, the local authorities have made some efforts to revive the production of this wine variety to produce the 21st century ‘Ariousian wine’. The cultural tradition of the region is also pretty important – prove for that are the items of the noteworthy ecclesiastical museum, […]
The borough of Karadamyla is built on the site of ancient Kardamilis, 28 kilometers from the city of Chios. Giving around 2000 inhabitants a home the town is divided into two settlements. The houses have a deep traditional architecture: Narrow streets, curbstone alleys and covered passages are typical Greek features. The same accounts for the houses mainly built with stone and decorated with flowers and plants. The upper and older section is surrounding the steep hill, the lower village called Marmaro is located on the coast covered by a beautiful bay and around 2 kilometers away from the old settlement. It has […]