It constitutes the homeland of many well known big
artists of marble and colour - Gyzi - Halepa - Litras
- Fillipotis - Vidalis - Vitalis - Sohos and many others.
An island with natural beauty and important Popular art, with
scattered dove nests (650), small out-of-village churches, Natural
water pouring Taps, Windmills, Woodcarvings, Loom woven cloths
aso.
With 46 villages some of which are medieval, with popular architecture,
"kalnterimia" (stone roads) with walking ways, with
Archaeological, Byzantine and Medieval monuments.
It is only 90' with high speed ships & 3-1/2 hours with car-ferries
from Rafina and 3-1/4 hours & 4-1/2 hours from Piraeus respectively.
The simplicity of island, the hospitality of his local people,
same in the innerland will remind that the Xenios Zeus still lives
in this country.
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