Hozoviotissa Monastery

Hozoviotissa Monastery, Amorgos: The Cliff Monastery and How to Visit

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The white Hozoviotissa Monastery and the stone stairway climbing the cliff below Chora on Amorgos

The Hozoviotissa Monastery is the emblem of Amorgos, a dazzling white monastery pressed into a sheer cliff hundreds of metres above the sea below the capital Chora. Eight storeys high yet only metres wide, it clings to the rock face of Mount Profitis Ilias like a swallow’s nest. One of the most dramatic religious buildings … Read more

Things to Do in Amorgos: The Best Experiences

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The white Hozoviotissa Monastery pressed into a sheer cliff below Chora on Amorgos

Amorgos is the wild, mountainous edge of the Cyclades, a long ridge of an island rising steeply from a deep blue sea far to the east of the archipelago. It is best known as the setting of Luc Besson’s film The Big Blue. Its draws are dramatic: the cliff-hanging Hozoviotissa Monastery, crystalline diving coves. An … Read more