Ios Tourist Information
The island of Ios lies between Naxos and Santorini. The ground is mountainous and the only greenery is found in vineyards and olive groves. A picturesque island, with beautiful sandy beaches, clean seas and hundreds chapels. The pretty Hora is the capital of the island while Ormos is the island’s port. Ios is known for its very active nightlife and thus attracts mostly young persons. Local tradition maintains that one of the graves found in the archaeological site in the vicinity of Plakotos was none other than Homer’s.
Hora, the capital of the island, a typical Cycladic town, with the characteristic cycladic architecture, white washed houses and blue domed churches is nice to be explored. Walk around the alleys between the typical white cubed houses and the churches. At the top of Hora is the chapel of Agios Nikolaos and under the castle the church of Panagia Gremiotissa. Also close to Agia Ekaterini church there are remains of the walls of the ancient city as well as ruins of the Temple of Apollo, same of the places worth of visit. The Archaeological museum in located in Hora. Apart of that, in Hora are situated most of the restaurants, bars and discos with either Greek or foreign music.
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