At 845 km², the East Aegean island is roughly the same size as Berlin. It is home to a good 3.6 million inhabitants, and a good 50,000 here. On Chios you will find secluded beaches, romantic landscapes and small historic villages. Connoisseurs of the island say that Chios is one of the last undiscovered gems in the entire Aegean. Worth seeing are the excavations of Emporio, the painted village of Pyrgi with its architecture unique in Greece and the ghost village of Anavatos from the Byzantine period. Chios Town with its old town and historic castle is also the island's airport and ferry port.
