Visitors can revel in the numerous charming restaurants, cafes, and shops within the capital. Its narrow alleyways were originally built to avoid pirates and Turks, but a night walk through them is recommended for its romantic feel.
Within the monastery are exquisite chapels, an impressive museum, precious relics, vestments, and garments, and an extensive library with over 2,000 volumes, 13,000 historic documents, and 900 manuscripts.
In the cave, you can see mosaics portraying the visions, Saint John’s resting place where he used a rock as a pillow, and the fissures where he heard the voice of God.
Sitting on top of a hill overlooking the Aegean Sea, the three windmills of Chora were originally built for grinding cereals in the production of flour during the time of the Renaissance.
It is filled with lovely sites to see, including the 17th century Church of Agia Paraskevi of Cavos where you can admire the magnificent view, an ancient ruin of an acropolis, the Monastery of Zoodochos Pigi, and the church of Panagia Koumana.