Chios Experience

Chios, the island of Mastic, and Maritime, the island of Civilizations.
Successive cultures have left their mark throughout history, from
Homer to the Classical Antiquity of the Ionia land, onto the Byzantine
Empire and the Genoese Republic to the Ottoman Empire. A crossroads of cultures, scents, and colors; from cinnabar to cobalt
blue.
Nature and people, light, and color verify its uniqueness in a manifold
an array of aspects and contrasts.
The island with its medieval villages and azure sea, aromas, and
colors; mastic drops, salt, and incense, citron, and rosemary; the
fragrant Chios.
Arcades and cobblestone streets, churches, people lying gently on
the backbone of the island, leaving their mark on this land.
Unique images and unique architecture stand out with their richness
and diversity is present in every corner of the island.
Neoclassical elegant mansions with covered balconies in gray-pink
Chios marble, fine Genoese mansions built with the local rust-colored
Thymianan limestone, pebble courtyards, springs, and orchards of
citrus fruits, Byzantine churches with imposing bell towers scattered
throughout Chios, and numerous picturesque chapels in the villages.
Pyrgi, the painted village, with its black and white scratched
geometric shapes and motifs (xysta) adorning the facades of houses.
The Medieval castle villages, the Mastic villages (Mastichochoria), “
living villages of yesterday,” with narrow streets and dense layouts,
arches, vaults, and terraces. The place of Mastic and Maritime.