Splianada Square is the main square of the island and the central meeting spot for locals and visitors, situated in Corfu (Kerkyra) Town. It was constructed to resemble the European Royal Gardens. It is the…

Agios Spyridon Constructed in 1589 with thw contribution of the Corfiot community. It is the church which houses ever since the holy reliques of Agios Spyridon, Corfu's patron saint . The huge belltower of the…

Next to Splianada Square is Liston, a wide promenade with French and Venetian style buildings, which is always full of people enjoying their coffee, drink or snack at one of Liston's many cafes. If you…

A monument of Paneuropean importance, since it is here that the Latin Nobles who were killed at the naval battle of Nafpaktos ( 1571 ), were buried; this naval battle was the end of the…

Also known as the Royal or City Palace, the Palace of Saints Michael and George also known as the Royal Palace is situated in the northern side of Spianada. It was built at the times…

The Chios Mastic Museum is located in the Mastichochoria (literally: mastic villages), a group of medieval villages in Southern Chios, the only site in the Mediterranean where the mastic tree, or Pistacia lentiscus var. Chia,…

The Koraes Library is one of the biggest libraries in Greece. Founded in 1792, it was originally an annex to the Great School of Chios. The latter currently houses the 1st Middle School of Chios.…

Volissos (Greek: Βολισσός) is the largest village in the northwest part of Chios, Aegean Islands, Greece. The village is situated 40 km away from the main town of Chios. Volissos has a port called "Limia"…

The development of the Kampos as the southwards continuation of the town of Chios began in the years of Genoese domination (1346-1566). It was the foreign overlords (The Giustiniani) who organized the islands economy on…

Olympos, like the very picturesque neighboring villages of Mesta and Pyrgi, is one of the 21 mastic villages of Chios During the Genoese period (1346-1566), the village as well as the rest of the Mastic…