Chios Island is famous for its natural beauty and history.
Discover attractions of the Greek islands, mainland and metropolis. Apart from archaeological sites, monuments and museums, did you know that you can visit some of the most amazing monuments of geological interest in the word? Don't miss the chance to visit the Petrified Forest of Lesvos and Meteora in Thessaly, Central Chios Island!
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands View More
Nepagos Vigla
Old Taxiarchis Church - Taxiarchis Tower
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands The Church of Old Taxiarchis, situated within the medieval fortified settlement of Mesta, is a vaulted one-aisled basilica, which became two-aisled in 1794. The old area comprises of blind arches with decorative phialostomia and... View More
Old Taxiarchis Church - Taxiarchis Tower
Olimpi Tower
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands View More
Olimpi Tower
Olympoi Cave
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands The Olympoi Cave lies in the south of the island at a thirty-five – kilometre – distance from the town of Chios and at a five-kilometre-distance from the Oympoi medieval village.
It is a small cave with rich and impressive... View More
Olympoi Cave
Pachi Vigla
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands View More
Pachi Vigla
Pamegiston Taxiarchon Church
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands View More
Pamegiston Taxiarchon Church
Panagia Krina Church
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands The church of Panagia Krina, at Vavili village, was built around the end of the 12th century. The church was built by Efstathios Kodratos and his wife Eirini Doukaina Pepagomeni who were members of the court in Constantinople.
The... View More
Panagia Krina Church
Panagia Voitheia Monastery
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands The Monastery Panagia Voitheia is very close to town, on the road that leads to Nea Moni and Karyes. The monk Anthimos Vagianos founded it in 1930, in order to give shelter the nuns that had been evicted from the Asia Minor monasteries.... View More
Panagia Voitheia Monastery
Petasos Vigla
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands View More
Petasos Vigla
Pirama Tower
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands View More
Pirama Tower
Pirgi Tower
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands View More
Pirgi Tower
Prionas Vigla
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands View More
Prionas Vigla
Religious Art Museum of Kourounia
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands The Museum of Ecclesiastical/ Religious art in Kourounia is the only one of its kind in Chios. It is housed in the old primary school of Kourounia village that was built in 1913.
Its collections are divided in four main sections:
The... View More
Religious Art Museum of Kourounia
Rimokastro
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands On the plateau of Mt. Aipos, above the settlement of Vrontados, remains of farming and stock raising facilities dating back to the Classic period (5th – 1st century BC) have been preserved. It is remarkable that in some cases... View More
Rimokastro
Temple of Fanaios Apollo
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands At a low hill at the sheltered bay of Fana, there are remains of the temple of Apollo of Fana (Fanaios Apollon).
The small chapel of Agioi Theodoroi is nowadays standing at the same site.The site is considered the Delion of Chios.... View More
Temple of Fanaios Apollo
Tower of Dotia
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands The Tower of Dotia is situated close to Pyrgi village on the road to Vroulidia beach, in one of the most significant mastic productive areas. The scenery is extremely distinctive. In a unique manner the mastic shrubs encircle... View More
Tower of Dotia
Tower of Pitious
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands View More
Tower of Pitious
Tower of Ta Markou
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands The "Ta Markou" also known as "T' Markou" tower, situated in a rich and distinctively natural landscape of Northern Chios, can be found close to Pispilounta village of the Amani Municipality region. The ensemble (monument... View More
Tower of Ta Markou
Trachili Vigla
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands View More
Trachili Vigla
Verkos Vigla
Chios Island, Chios Island, North Aegean Islands View More