Cyclades - Greece - page 697

23 Dacosta B2
Della Rocca-Barozzi Venetian Museum (see 2)
Shopping
24 Kiriakos Tziblakis C5
25 Papyrus B3
26 Promponas B2
27 Zoom C4
Sights
It's almost impossible not to get lost in the old town and maps are of little use. To see the
Bourgos area, head into the winding backstreets behind the northern end of Paralia. The
most alluring part of Hora is the residential Kastro MAP GOOGLE MAP . Marco Sa-
nudo made the town the capital of his duchy in 1207. Several Venetian mansions survive
in the centre of Kastro, and you can see the outside of his castle, the Tower of Sanoudos
MAP , that was once surrounded by marble balconies. Take a stroll around the Kastro
during siesta to experience its hushed, timeless atmosphere. If you lose your bearings, re-
member that roads that go up eventually lead to Kastro and roads heading downwards
will take you back to the sea.
Mitropolis Museum MUSEUM
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( 22850 24151; Kondyli; 8am-3pm Tue-Sun) A short distance behind the northern
end of the waterfront are several churches and chapels, and the Mitropolis Museum. The
museum features fragments of a Mycenaean city of the 13th to 11th centuries BC that
was abandoned because of the threat of flooding by the sea. It's a haunting place where
glass panels underfoot reveal ancient foundations and larger areas of excavated build-
ings.
Archaeological Museum MUSEUM
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