Cruise Port Guide · 7 cruises visit Chios →
The bucket-list things to do — and the private, expert-led way to do each.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, and the private, small-group, or expert-led way to make it yours — your own pace, real access, none of the crowd.
A bespoke, private full-day journey across Chios with a vetted local guide — mastic villages, Byzantine monasteries, medieval ghost towns, and hidden beaches woven into one seamless, unhurried day.
Ascend into the forested mountains of Chios to the 11th-century Nea Moni Monastery — a UNESCO World Heritage Site sheltering some of the finest Byzantine mosaics in the entire Greek world.
Journey deep into the UNESCO-recognised Mastichochoria — the medieval mastic-producing villages of Pyrgi, Mesta, and Olympi — tasting the island's legendary 'tears of Chios' at source, guided by a passionate local expert.
Discover Mavra Volia, Chios's hauntingly beautiful volcanic black-pebble beach near Emporios — one of the most visually dramatic coastlines in the Aegean, with crystalline turquoise water lapping obsidian shores.
Step inside the Chios Mastic Museum in Pyrgi — the world's only museum dedicated to the island's extraordinary mastic resin — and unravel 3,000 years of cultivation, trade, and cultural significance in a masterfully designed space.
Explore Anavatos — Chios's haunting, near-deserted medieval cliff village — then descend to the island's Byzantine-Genoese castle in Chios Town for a vivid two-act encounter with the island's turbulent, layered history.
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