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Listed 8 sub titles with search on: Beaches for wider area of: "VRONTADOS Small town CHIOS" .

Beaches (8)

Commercial WebPages

Prastia beach

http://www.chiosonline.gr/prastia.asp

Local government WebPages

Daskalopetra beach

DASKALOPETRA (Beach) CHIOS
In the area of Vrontados, seven (7) kilometers far from Chios town is situated the area of Daskalopetra, a place with a great historical elements. As we enter the area we see the picturesque port and the beautiful beach with the cafeterias and many taverns along the shore. In the summer time the visitor can enjoy a swim in the crystal -clear waters and the sun, laying among the pebbled beach. More over, after your bath, you can taste some of the delicious local delicacies and fresh fish, in one of the traditional taverns around there. Up to a hill there is the famous "Homer's stone" from which the area took it's name. "Daskalopetra", the teacher's (=daskalos) stone (=petra). Here, according to tradition, the famous and beloved blind poet and creator of the two epics, "Iliad" and "Odyssey" - Homer- used to teach his students, to the accompaniment of lyre's melody and the sea opened out magic, before their eyes. The view from up here is panoramic.

This text is cited Febr 2004 from the Chios Prefecture Tourism Committee URL below, which contains images.

http://www.chios.gr/Beaches/daskalopetra_en.htm (2 img.)

ELINDA (Beach) CHIOS
In the west side of Chios, there are situated the most beautiful and pure beaches of the Island and among them the golf of Elinta. It is a quiet shelter protected from the winds. The sea with the clear deep blue waters and the sandy beach, is an amazing place for swim and sunbathing.

Chios Prefecture Tourism Committee WebPage

http://www.chios.gr/Beaches/elinda_en.htm (1 img.)
http://www.chiosonline.gr/elinda.asp (2 img.)
http://www.chios.com/island/beaches/elinta.htm (1 img.)

METOCHI (Settlement) CHIOS
Near Sidirounta village, in a small distance of two kilometers, there is Metochi. The shore is consisted mainly of fine pebbles and other parts with sand and little stones. The clearness of the sea, with the cold waters, the basic characteristic of the west part of Chios, are strong motives for all those, who love summer and vacations.

Chios Prefecture Tourism Committee WebPage

http://www.chios.gr/Beaches/metoxi_en.htm
http://www.travel-to-chios.com/place.php?id=33 (1 img.)

Tigani Beach

SIDIROUDA (Village) CHIOS
Another beach, less known, is "Tigani" that is situated in the west side of Chios island. It is 1800 square meters in extent, next to Sidirounta, almost two kilometers far from the village, between the beach of Elinta and the other of Metochi. It is a beach full of fine pebbles and there are parts of sand and little stones.

Chios Prefecture Tourism Committee WebPage