Anavatos & Avgonyma

In the wild hills west of Nea Moni, the abandoned village of Anavatos is built on a rock so steep that its stone houses seem to grow out of the cliff. In 1822, during the massacre of Chios, its people chose to throw themselves from the top rather than be taken, and it has stood empty and silent since. A few kilometres away, Avgonyma is its opposite: a small medieval village of restored stone houses, with a taverna on the square and a view down to the west coast and the sunset.