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Chora is a beautiful settlement with genuine Cycladic-architecture houses, cobblestone streets interspersed with squares – a construction characteristic unique in the <strong>Cyclades</strong> – and many picturesque churches: Agia Ekaterini, Theoskepasti, Agios Antonios, Agios Nikolaos (cathedral), Pantanassa, Agia Eleoussa, with fine screens and wonderful post-Byzantine icons of the Cretan School. On the main street of the settlement (Kato Roua, as it is called by the locals) the white, two-storey houses with the colourful windows and doors and the stone stairways, leading to a small veranda with the wooden rails, built one beside the other, comprise the outer wall of the 13th century Castle, built over the precipice. Every night, the small gate of the Castle, the “loggia”, was closed until daybreak, protecting the inhabitants from pirate raids. It is a characteristic example of a medieval Cycladic defensive settlement, inhabited continuously up to the present day. The view to the 156
Aegean from the sheer slope of the Castle in the square of Pounta is impressive! Very close to Chora lies Agkali, the most beautiful beach on the island, in a divine landscape with perpendicular rocks. Three kilometres southeast of Chora lies Karavostassis, the port of the island, in an inlet the entrance of which is blocked by two rocky reefs. A picturesque, Cycladic settlement with white houses, ideal for peaceful holidays and good swimming. The road south of Karavostassi leads to Livadi, a small village in one of the most fertile areas on the island. Nearby there is a wonderful sandy beach with turquoise waters and an organised camping site. Folegandros – a long and narrow rock in mid sea which in spring and autumn is covered by wildflowers and an emerald green grass carpet – is ideal for hiking. An extended and well maintained network of paths cuts across the entire island, amidst the dry stone walls and terraces reaching all the way down to the sea, interspersed by small churches, old windmills, deserted “themonies” (small scattered clusters of cottages) and gorges, giving an unobstructed view over the sheer sides of the island and the blue of the Aegean. F o l e g a n d r o s Routes for all 1 Chora - Panagia. The “strataki”, is a whitewashed, snaking slip road on the saddle of the sheer rock where Chora is situated, leading to the monastery of the Virgin with the imposing white imposing church of Kimisi, a 19th century basilica with many domes and a high bell tower. Architectural parts of an ancient temple that pre-existed on this site lie in the church courtyard, while the torso of a roman statue is built into the bell tower. From here the view over the Aegean is panoramic! Outside the Castle, next to the precipice, lies part of the wall of the ancient city. 2 Chora - Agios Eleftherios. A route to the highest peak, Agios Eleftherios (455 m.), on the south part of the island. 3 Karavostasis -Livadi. A tour in the eastern part of the island, an area included in the Natura 2000 network, since it is a crossing point-reserve for many migratory birds. 4 Sightseeing in Ano Meria. In the north part of the island, at a distance of 5 kilometres from Chora, lies Ano Meria, a sparse settlement comprising of “themonies”, scattered stone cottages with outbuildings and a garden – marvellous autonomous agricultural and husbandry production units. 157
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