Ios: Information about Ios

The touching of the whitewashed homes with the sea blue creates a dominant factor and enforces a color motif that gives a special coherence and harmony to the area.

It is worthwhile for someone step by step discovers the magic of the island.

Lets begin the tour from the oldest neighborhood: the castle. Here we can find many old churches such as Saint Helen, Saint Moni, Virgin Mary Pirgiani, Saint Dimitrios and Virgin Mary Paraportiani.

The folklore museum is housed in an old captain's house, which was built on the wall of the castle.

Inside you can see a large selection of textile, woven, embroideries for household utensils, ceramic, furniture, shipping instruments and tools.

You can also find paintings and valuable manuscripts and you can also see canons from the revolution of 1821.

The archeological museum of Ios is housed in a neoclassical building at the harbor of the island.

Inside, you can see significant findings from the necropolis from the near by Rhinia such as tombstones and columns.

You can also see a carved representation of the Trojan Horse.