Volissos

Volissos, Chios: The Hilltop Village, Castle and West Coast

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The hilltop village of Volissos climbing beneath its Byzantine castle in north-west Chios

Volissos is the stone showpiece of western Chios, a village of restored houses climbing an amphitheatre of hillside beneath a Byzantine castle, above the emptiest and most beautiful coast on the island. The largest settlement of the north-west, it is linked by an old tradition to Homer, guards a collection devoted to the legendary Ariousios … Read more

The Villages of Chios: The North, West and Central Settlements

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The abandoned cliff village of Anavatos in the mountains of Chios

Chios holds far more than its famous mastic villages. Beyond the fortified south, the island is scattered with stone settlements that see few visitors: the shipowning twins of Kardamyla and Marmaro in the north, the hilltop village of Volissos in the west, the abandoned cliff village of Anavatos in the mountains, the fishing harbour of … Read more