Chora, Andros: A Guide to the Aristocratic Capital

The seafront of Chora, Andros, with the ruined Venetian castle and the Tourlitis lighthouse beyond

Chora, the capital of Andros, is one of the most elegant towns in the Cyclades, set on a narrow peninsula between two bays on the island’s east coast. A marble-paved main street runs between the neoclassical mansions of nineteenth-century shipowners, past squares and churches. To the ruined Venetian castle and the emblematic Tourlitis lighthouse rising … Read more