Anavatos is one of the curiosities of our island and the place that every volunteer has to visit at least one time. The byzantine tower-village situated (Map) in the central part of the island, not far away from our place it’s impressively amazing because of its location on the top […]
Places on Chios Island
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Mavra Volia is the most beautiful beach of the island owes its uniqueness above the present volcano, whose eruption covered the beach, to the black stones, unprecedented anywhere else. It was a pleasure to go there, swimming in the crystalline sea, and admiring the view, so beautiful and unique. To […]
Nea Moni is the most important monument of the island, famous all over the world because of the unique golden mosaics that are almost 1000 years old. Dating back to the 11th century, this is one of the three remaining collections left in Greece of the mid-Byzantine period and it […]
The 22nd of July is dedicated to Aghia Markella – one of the most important local saints, who was born in Volissos, in the north-west side of the island. Many pilgrims come here every year from all over the island, together with Chians who live in other parts of Greece […]
The town of Chios is the capital of the island of Chios and the biggest town in it. It is located in the east coast of the island, facing the Eryrhrea peninsula on Asia Minor (Turkish town Cesme). Because of its status of capital and its size, it is in […]
Four kilometers from Elata, nineteen kilometers from the city of Chios, one can find Vessa, one of the many villages in which castles are predominate. t is worth wandering around the narrow streets of Vessa in order to admire the architecture of the houses which remained intact and visiting the […]
The village of Nenita, 17 kilometers from the city of Chios and 2 kilometers from the coast of Aegean sea, used to be the biggest village of the Mastichora region. With an altitude of 140 meters above the sea, Nenita towers over the surrounding area in the South of Chios. […]
Armolia is used to be a medieval village, which has been restored almost completely. A few remaining arches above the narrow roads in the center give the visitor an idea of its original appearance. There are still a few remains of the old houses, but in compensation for the changes […]
Kalamoti is a traditional village with approximately 850 inhabitants. Their main occupation is the cultivation of the fragrant resin mastic and the horticulture in the fertile plain that extends from the village to Komi. North of Kalamoti the medieval tower of Zyvos is located, which was destroyed during the earthquake […]
A group of volunteers decided in the summertime to visit one of the main curiosities of the island – the caves of Olympi, famous for it’s extraordinary stalactite formations. The age of the caves are estimated to be about 150 millions years old, while they were discovered in 1985 and […]
In the summertime of 2011 we, the volunteers, decided to see and visit more places on the Island, we are living on. The places we chose for this one-day trip were Mesta and Pyrgi. Mesta is an very old village with a unique architecture and structure of its buildings, which […]
Our organization is placed in the Greek island of Chios. In the next paragraphs we give you some basic info about this location. Chios is one of the islands of the north-east Aegean, very close to Asia Minor and opposite the Erithrea peninsula, separated from it by the Chios Canal. […]