Volissos (former name Thucydides' Voliskos) is situated about 40 km away from Chios Town, it is the capital of the Municipality of Amani and the biggest village of the North-West area of the island, with a population of about 500 inhabitants. According to the tradition, Volissos is said to be the native city of Homer and some experts state that here the great poet wrote “Vatrachomiomachia”, a parody of Iliad.
In Volissos operates an
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Pirama is situated at 220m of altitude, North-West of Volissos and 44km far away from Chios Town. Tourist can see the Venetian Tower near Aplada, the school building, the chapels spread across the village and the church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos (St. John).
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Parparia is a small village of farmers and cattle-breeders at 300 meters of altitude at the west mountainside of Amani, 54km far away from Chios Town and 13km from Volissos.
Parparia is a really ancient site: Stavros Stefanidis has been studying the history and origin of this village after he found an old map of Chios in the Koraes Library telling that Parparia was at least almost 600 years old.
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Trypes, which is situated 57km far away from Chios Town, is a village whose peculiarity is to be built from stone by the local craftsmen. In the area surrounding the village you will find several chapels, a cave, which is almost unknown, called “Kalogerotripa”, and also an old mill, which has
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Melanios is a little village 60 km far from Chios Town.
From the Black Crag you can enjoy an
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Agio Galas is a small village located at the North-West tip of Chios island, 69km far from Chios Town, whose peculiarity is to be built on the top of a rocky mountain.
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Nenitouria is a small village 65km far away from Chios Town and only about 20km from Volissos. It is situated in a dale on the mountainside of Amani, surrounded by olive trees, pine trees, plane trees, oak trees and bushes. It is composed of 4 districts, namely Psaros, Kosmados, Hametos and Antrahlias (now uninhabited). The people who live here are not that many and their houses are scattered across 3 districts, but they
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Kourounia is situated 59km far away from Chios Town and 18km far from Volissos, it is divided into four settlements, called mahalades. Thanks to the efforts of the local authorities made lately, this village is now renowned for a special type of wine produced here, the kourouniotiko, realized to recuperate the antique art of cultivating and producing the Ariousios, a variety of
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Egrigoros is a small mountainous village situated 57km away from Chios Town and only 15km from Volissos.
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Keramos is situated 56 km far away from Chios Town and about 14km from Volissos, and it comes into sight through rich vegetation between the
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Leptopoda is a pleasant village situated on a high rock between the mountains of Amani and Pelinneo, 60 km far from Chios Town. Today only about 30 people live in the village during the winter season, while in summer the population increases due to the arrival of villagers who spend holidays in their summer homes. The houses are built so close to each other, so that looking from outside you can see a continuous wall without interruptions.
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Aphrodisia is situated 55km away from Chios Town and 13km from Volissos.
It is a pleasant village built in an amphitheatric design, located in a forest in the east side of Amani mountain, rich of spring waters, and from here one can enjoy an astonishing view of the Pelinneo mountain. The name of this village comes from the goddess Aphrodite: verbal traditions handed down generation by generation say that a Temple of Aphrodite should be buried below the current Teacher’s room, under the church of Saint Mamas.
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Chalandra is located 53km far away from Chios Town and only 11 km far from Volissos. This village is
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Nea Potamia is a newly established village with wide and spacious streets located at the eastern side of Amani mountain, 50km far away from Chios Town and 9km from Volissos. In the area, which is famous for its impressive Aeolian potential, 11 wind generators have been
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Pispilounta is a mountainous village situated at the east foothill of Amani, 49km far away from Chios Town, near the Spatounda – Potamia road, that connects the two mountainous regions of Amani and Pelinneo. Several ancient findings that date back to the classical Greek
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Katavasi, a small village on the main road from Chios to Volissos, 31 Km from the town, is built
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The ancient village of Diefha is located 30km far from Chios Town and, according to the 2001 census, has a population of 86 inhabitants.
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Kipouries is situated at the foothill of Pelinneo mountain, 37km away from Chios Town, surrounded by an environment rich in vegetation and
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Fyta is a 500 hundred year-old small village located by the mountainside of Pelinneo, 41km far from Chios Town. Its name derives from the abundance of plants in the area (fyta=plants). Thanks to its wonderful landscapes,
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