Just about 2 km north-east from Chios Island and about 8km west of Turkey, a group of 9 islands, Oinousses is located. It seems to have been named after the Greek word for wine “oinos” due to the existance of vineyards there. It is also known as Egnoussa from “agnos” […]
Monthly Archives: September 2017
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Each volunteer who works in our organization for half a year or more has two seminars in the program: the on-arrival seminar in the beginning of his or her EVS work and the mid-term seminar in the middle of the stay. The seminars are organized by the Greek National Agency […]
After the breakfast in the morning of Saturday, the 29th of September, we, three volunteers, decided to take the taxi and to go to Chios harbor, from where we left for our trip by ferry to Cesme. When we arrived at Cesme, our friend from Turkey was waiting for us. […]
Our island faces the Anatolian coast, so one day we decided to go to the place that we see from our kitchen window. After a short ferry trip (45 minutes), we stood on a different continent, while still seeing Chios on the horizon. There were so many places and things […]
It was Friday, the 19th of October 2012. Place: Chios City. Time: Morning. After visiting a famous local patisserie and drinking some cappuccino, I was ready to go on my solitary journey to the island of the Aegean Regatta 2012, the island of the petrified forests and the island of […]
Lesvos is the island of the famous ancient poet Sapho, for olive gardens and green forests. It is located close to our island, and is easy to reach by ferry. So in August we decided to visit this island and spent three days there. As we created a website about […]
Pyrgi is the largest medieval village of Chios island, located at a 25-kilometre-distance from Chios town. In general it is a very impressive and beautiful place with an interesting background. When we had the change to visit the village, the buildings facades were the first things that caught our attention. […]
One sunny Saturday morning in July we, the volunteers from Katarraktis, decided to discover our area a little more and visit the beach of Agia Fotini. We walked there alongside the coast over stones and sand. Next to a wide selection of restaurants and taverns Agia Fotini also offers many […]
On a cloudy Saturday in May early in the morning we set off with our backpacks, prepared for the long walk from Katarraktis to the south of the island. On the way we stopped a few times: at a monastery and when the view was just too breathtaking. All the […]
On Saturday the 11th of November we went all the volunteers together on a small trip over the island. With our director as our guide it happened to be a really nice and educative excursion. Our first stop was in Nea Moni. Nea Moni is an old monastery build in […]
Anavatos is one of many hidden jewels on Chios island. We visited the city in the middle of November but it was still warm enough to enjoy the mystique and history of this place. But even if it had been very cold, Anavatos would have enchanted its visitors anyway. Anavatos […]