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Volissos – One of the biggest villages of the island!

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  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 […]

Katarraktis

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Situated at the East coast, Katarraktis is a fishermen village which is only 20 min. away from the capital of the Island. It is easily reachable by bus which is coming every half an hour from Chios City and back. Very special about this location is its traditional atmosphere: Charming small houses, narrow streets and the main promenade around the harbor invite to a pleasant walk through the picturesque locality. Visitors can enjoy fresh fish in one of the  tavernas that often have comfortable terraces close to the Aegean Sea with view on the shimmering water. In winter, there are […]

The Citrus Museum in Kampos

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”Citrus memories” is a museum where documents and historical elements of local citrus fruits are presented. It constitutes a dynamic space for exhibitions in the ground floor of an estate where the visitor can be informed about different topics, like the cultivation of citrus fruits every season of the year, the agricultural tools and the production methods used in Kampos, the varieties and the properties that make tangerines and other citrus fruits as special as them.     You can also get informed about the society and people who constituted the main factor for the development of the unique myth […]

Chios Castle – Το Κάστρο της Χίου

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Near by the centre and the port of Chios next to the main square you can find one of Chios’ most important and interesting ornaments – the Castle (Kastro) of Chios, also called Fortress of Chios Island (Frourion tis Chiou). Because of this and the fact that it is just beautiful in the region of the old castle, everybody, tourist and inhabitant, enjoys visiting and watching the charming castle. We know that the castle is existent since the Hellenistic era (end of 4th c. B.C. – 30 B.C). Findings from archaeological excavations proof that.  Always since that time the castle […]

Let’s visit the Homerion Cultural Center of Chios

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Chios is a place with a great culture and people are keeping, taking care of and spreading it. The Homerion Cultural Center of Chios Municipality is one of the places where you can watch it happening. This place is a wonderful cultural center situated in the capital of Chios Island. Because of a generous donation to the Municipality by Michael and Stamatia Xylas in December 1985 the building of this special center could be realized. The center became a legal entity in 1989 and offers a big amount of cultural shows, exhibitions, theatre plays, workshops and lessons since then. It is […]