Bareboat and skippered sailing yachts boats charters rentals hire vacation in Greece, luxury motor yachts and motor sailers, cruises holidays around the greek islands isles, cyclades, saronic, ionian, sporades, dodecanese
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Bareboat and skippered sailing yachts boats charters rentals hire vacation in Greece, luxury motor yachts and motor sailers, cruises holidays around the greek islands isles, cyclades, saronic, ionian, sporades, dodecanese |
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Ios. Locally called Nios, this is an island whose history goes back to prehistoric times. Above the pretty harbour of Ormos, where fishing boats and yachts bob at anchor, stands the capital of Ios or Hora. The town stands on the site of the ancient city of the same name and is a typical Cycladic settlement, with whitewashed houses, narrow alleys and chapels.
The sites of Ios include a Hellenistic tower and the remains of an ancient aqueduct at Agia Theodoti, traces of an ancient temple at Psathi, a ruinous Venetian castle at the spot known as Paleokastro, and the Hellenistic tower at Plakotos which we have already mentioned.
Lovers of the sea will be enraptured by the superb beaches of Ios, some of them busy, such as, Milopotas, near the Hora, and others much quieter like as Manganari, Tzamaria, Psathi, Kolitsani, Kalamas, Plakes and Ag. Theodoti. The authentic Cycladic beauty of Ios, in combination with the island's rapid development for tourism, has had the effect of attracting ever -in- creasing numbers of visitors. |
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The whole beautiful
image is rounded off with the bulk of the medieval castle and the row of
windmills which top the town.
The Archaeological
and Folkloric Museum in Hora and the Museum of Modern Art at Kolitsani are also
worth a visit.