Homeric Poems

Top choice in Chios


Two studios in a late-19th-century captain's house are furnished as a fancy boutique hotel, with comfy beds, couches and too many multicoloured pillows to count. Bric-a-brac and myriad jars filled with fragrances make the place feel like a curiosity shop from a children's movie and the magician-like owner, Angelika, adds to the effect.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Chios attractions

1. Byzantine Museum

0.11 MILES

Housed in a 19th-century Ottoman mosque, the Medjitie Djami, this museum contains relics from the Byzantine, post-Byzantine, Genoese and Islamic periods,…

2. Giustiniani Palace Museum

0.15 MILES

Near the main gate of the kastro (castle) this tiny museum (or 'Palataki') still looks like the 15th-century fortress it once was. It houses rotating…

3. Korais Library & Philip Argenti Museum

0.25 MILES

On the upper floor of the remarkable Korais Library, the Philip Argenti Museum contains a 19th-century birthing chair, along with shepherds' tools,…

4. Turkish Bath

0.35 MILES

With its bubble-like cupolas pierced to let in gentle shafts of light, this classic early-18th-century hammam (Turkish bath) was built as a charitable…

5. Archaeological Museum

0.51 MILES

Along with prehistoric and Archaic treasures from the excavations of the British School at Emporios, this collection includes impressive Neolithic and…

6. Citrus Memories Museum

3.31 MILES

This museum has attractive and well-signed historical displays of Kampos-area citrus, the Chian mandarin in particular. Also has a shaded courtyard cafe…

7. Nea Moni

4.24 MILES

At the island’s centre, Nea Moni is a World Heritage–listed 11th-century Byzantine monastery. Once one of Greece’s richest monasteries, it attracted pre…

8. Anavatos

6.5 MILES

At the end of a silent stretch of road that branches off the main road near Avgonyma, this solemn site serves as a reminder of the island's brutal history…