Travel to Chios, Greece

Chios is a small island of Greece located in the Aegean Sea at 5 miles from the coasts of Turkey. The island has been occupied by the Persians, was part of the Delian League and of the Byzantine Empire, before passing through the possession of the Latin emperors of Constantinople, of the Genoese, and of the Ottoman Empire!
Nowadays this island is well known for its beach resorts and offers a plenty of all-inclusive hotels and villas with excellent amenities.

All-inclusive hotels & beach resorts & villas

Chios is nowadays a very well known travel destination in Greece, in Europe and even in the world, featuring a few really good all-inclusive hotels and villas settled in beach resorts. The island is well developed for tourism and every year more and more vacationers choose this island as their travel destination. You'll find on the island all types of accommodation, starting from budget hotels up to luxury resorts and villas. On Chios you'll find also facilities for almost all types of water sports: yachting, sailing, diving, snorkeling, water skiing, parasailing, and the list could endless go on... The white sand beaches are splendid, the weather is usually very good and the waters of Aegean Sea are warm and tranquil...Because it's so close to Turkey, you can make daily trips on the continent and enjoy this part of world too. All this make Chios a perfect place for your vacation, equally if you travel alone , with friends or with your family.

Rich history

In the ancient times Chios was the biggest wine exporter of Greece. Amphora from Chios, with a characteristic sphinx emblem, have been found almost in every country that the ancient Greeks traded with, including the Gaul, upper Egypt and eastern Russia!
During the Turkish occupation,in 1822, on the island was a massacre after a rebellion of the Greeks. Chios rejoined the rest of independent Greece just after the First Balkan War in 1912.