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KALIMASSIA (Small town) CHIOS
Kallimasia is one of the island's largest mastic villages, the capital of the
Municipality of Ionia and the first village which visitors encounter 13 kilometers
from the town of Chios. It is built on a plain where deep green vegetation and
olive trees prevail. Inside the village, one will find the remains of medieval
towers, the well-preserved and impressive churches and the lively village squares.
The Women's Handicraft Association has managed to preserve the area's customs
in addition to customs found in other villages of the island. Also located in
the village is a Cultural Center. In the surrounding area, there is the nunnery
of Panaghia Plakidiotissa which was built on the remains of an earlier nunnery
dated to the 16th century. The area of Aghios
Emilianos, one kilometer from Kallimasia, has a magnificent beach for swimming.
KATARAKTIS (Settlement) CHIOS
Tel: +30 22710 61378
MESSA DIDIMA (Village) CHIOS
Tel: +30 22710 51566
NENITA (Small town) CHIOS
Tel: +30 22710 61451
Eighteen kilometers far from Chios
town, is located a big settlement, named Nenita. The village is stretched
out on a wide slope from where supervise the olive groves and the shore. During
the Medieval times Nenita was the biggest from all the Mastichochoria, with 2500
population, while today has been reduced to 1000 people. Nenita is the cultural
center of the Mastichochoria. The residents are mainly occupied with the cultivation
of the land and particularly with the mastic -trees. Up from the village is the
newest Monastery of Taxiarches. There are two more churches in the area, Saint
George and Agioi Anargiroi. Near the village's beach are located the settlements
of Gridia and Vokaria. The second is the closest point to the shores of Asia
Minor.
THOLOPOTAMI (Village) CHIOS
Tel: +30 22710 51283
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