The Tourlitis lighthouse is the emblem of Andros, a slender white tower that rises from a lone rock pinnacle in the open sea below the medieval castle of Chora. It holds a distinction shared by no other lighthouse in Europe. Standing on a wave-cut stone stack rather than on land or a harbour wall. It … Read more
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
Andros is the greenest and one of the largest of the Cyclades, a walker’s island of springs. Waterfalls and terraced valleys that feels a world away from the barren, party-driven islands to the south. Just two hours by ferry from the port of Rafina near Athens, it rewards visitors with an award-winning network of hiking … Read more