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Afrodisia

Location

This village is located at the east side of Amani, just after the village of Halandra and 15km from Volissos. As it is easy to imagine, this village was named after Aphrodite, and it is beauty comes from its mountainous localization with rich vegetation, its spring waters and the magnificent view of mount Pelineo that can be enjoyed from it.

Aghiasmata

Location

The picturesque village of Agiasmata is located 5 km from Keramos. It is a seaside settlement with a port that serves the villages of Keramos, Leptopoda, Halandra and Aphrodisia, which are lying on the mountainsides of Amani.

Agiasmata used to be the trading center of the neighboring villages, especially of the antimony (stibium) produced in the mines of Keramos. Nowadays it is mainly inhabited during summer, but it is still famous due to the curative properties of the spa that lie near the beaches. In the village there are health spa as well as plenty of rooms for rent and taverns operating during summertime.

Amades

Location

Amades is the first village on the road from Kardamyla to Kambia, 13 km from the start. In this village, one can admire its abundant spring waters and plenty of other remarkable natural beauties. Besides, 4 km away from the village there is also a magic beach with a beautiful seabed of pebbles and crystal waters, the perfect place for those who love cool waters.

Chalandra

Location

This village is in the eastern side of Amani's road, 11kilometers from Volissos. It is built inside an old fortress, some of whose remnants are still visible nowadays, climbed up to the steep and green mountainsides of Amani.The main church of the village is Aghia Paraskevi, the celebration day July 26th. Beneath Chalandra the abandoned settlement of Kamini, with the church of Agios Modestos can be found.

Egrigoros

Location

Egrigoros is a small mountainous village located just after Aphrodisia, 17km from Volissos. The village offers you a panoramic view of the Aegean sea to the southern coasts of Lesvos. It is rich in vegetation and spring waters. The 6th of August is the day of the Transfiguration. It is the local feast of the village which you definitely should attend if you are on Chios during this time of the year..

Fyta

Location

Fyta is located 41 km from the town of Chios. Fita means plants; and their abundance in the area gave the name to this village. It is a mountainous cattle-raising village that lies by the mountainside of Pelineo. There also are exceptionally beautiful landscapes and rich spring waters that used to move 8 water mills in the past.

The castle and tower of Fyta are dated back to the year 1516 AD. The local celebration day is July 17th, the day of Agia Marina.

Kambia

Location

Nearby the village there is also one of the most exciting features of this village: a walking track that passes by the Kambia canyon, and from where you will be able to enjoy the view of the inhabitant's old cultivation as well as the water of the river's bed. In some points, the vegetation is very rich and has all the characteristics of riverside vegetation. On the way, you will come across with planes, oleanders, big oaks, and ivies scrambling on the trees, while the nightingales' songs will be with you during all the trip. Finally, the track leads to the beach of Kambia, where you can rest from your excursion in a kiosk.

Furthermore, at the east, and in a short distance from the track, stand the Castle of Orgia and the chapels of Panagia and Agia Paraskevi, while a little further at the west lays the chapel of Agii Pantes.

Keramos

Location

Keramos is located at about 14km from Volissos, at the beginning of the road that connects the road network of Amani with Leptopoda and Kambia. The village emerges, through thick and rich vegetation, from the mountains of Amani and Pelineo.

For many decades it was one of the most important villages of Amani due to the mining of antimony, whose mines and pitheads were operating up to the mid sixties and are still preserved. The galleries, the premises of the company that lastly exploited them, the chemical laboratory, the kiln, the chimney, as well as the equipment of the premises, will be part in short of an industrial museum of antimony, a unique of its kind within the Balkan region.

Kipouries

Location

The first thing you meet on the road from Katavasi to Diefha, Spartounda, and Kambia is the junction leading to the 11th century monastery of Moundon and the village of Diefha.

The next stop is Kipouries, a village that lays in an area with rich vegetation and plenty of spring waters. Also worth a visit is the Stone Square of the village, where you can taste local mezedes, such as boiled goat and goat meat from goats raised in the plain nature of that area.