Mastichochoria · EasyMesta lanes and gatesThe most complete surviving mastic village, walked the way it was designed to be entered.Mastichochoria · ModeratePyrgi to OlympoiTwo fortress villages joined by mastic terraces, with the xysta of Pyrgi at one end and a quiet square at the other.Central Chios · ModerateAvgonyma to AnavatosA short upland walk between a living stone village and the abandoned one on its cliff.Central Chios · EasyNea Moni precinct walkA slow circuit of the eleventh-century monastery, its cistern, refectory and the memorial chapel.Kampos · EasyKampos estate lanesHigh stone walls, citrus behind them, and the tower houses of the Genoese and Chiot merchant families.East coast · EasyVrontados shore to DaskalopetraAn easy seaside walk to the rock-cut sanctuary that tradition calls Homer’s teaching seat.North-west · ModerateVolissos castle climbA short, steep climb through the old village to the Byzantine and Genoese towers above it.West coast · DemandingLithi to Agiasmata path networkThe island’s longest waymarked walking network, along the west coast and its abandoned mining landscape.Chios Town · EasyChios Town harbour and castleThe town read in one hour: waterfront, market, castle gate and the Ottoman and Genoese layers inside it.