Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Archeological museum
Mihálon • June-Aug daily 8am-7pm; Sept-May Tues-Sun 8.30am-3pm • €3 •
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22710 44239
he
archeological museum
has a wide-ranging, well-lit collection from Neolithic to
Roman times. Highlights include limestone column bases from the Apollo temple at
Faná in the shape of lions' claws; numerous statuettes and reliefs of Cybele (an Asiatic
goddess especially honoured here); Archaic faience miniatures from Emborió in the
shape of a cat, a hawk and a flautist; a terracotta dwarf riding a boar; and figurines
(some with articulated limbs) of
hierodouloi
or sacred prostitutes, presumably from an
Aphrodite shrine. Most famous is an inscribed edict of Alexander the Great from 322
BC, setting out relations between himself and the Hiots.
ARRIVAL AND GETTING AROUND
9
HÍOS TOWN
By air
The poky airport lies 3km south of the capital at
Kondári, a €4 taxi-ride away; otherwise any blue urban bus
on the Híos Town-Karfás route should pass the stop
opposite the airport.
By ferry
Ferry agents cluster along the north end of
waterfront Egéou and its continuation Neoríon.
By bus
Blue city buses radiate out from the terminal on the
north side of Híos Town's central park and serve some
nearby beaches, principally Vrondhádhos and Karfás, but
also as far as Ayía Ermióni. For anywhere further afield,
long-distance KTEL buses leave from just behind the
passenger waiting-room on seafront Egéou.
(700m), Volissós & Vrondádhos
Hamam
HÍOS TOWN
KÁSTRO
Bayraklı
Mosque
Port Police
& Customs
0
100
Ferries
to Turkey
metres
Muslim
Cemetery
Ottoman
Fountain
Pireás-Lésvos-Sámos Ferry Berth
To w n
Hall
Inoússes Kaïki
Central Park
Porta
Maggiora
Blue
(City) Bus
Station
Cine
Kipos
KTEL
PLATIA
VOUNAKÍOU
Taxi Rank
Homerion
Culture Centre
Byzantine
Museum
N
ROÏ DHOU
BAZAAR
E . ARGENTI
ACCOMMODATION
Chios Rooms
Fedra
Grecian Castle
Kyma
3
1
4
2
Cine
Diana
Cathedral
Argenti
Folklore
Museum
Maritime
Museum
NIGHTLIFE
Bowling Club
1
EATING & DRINKING
O Hotzas
Ta Mylarakia
Tassos
Theodhosiou
4
1
3
2
Archeological
Museum
SHOP
Mastiha Shop
1
(100m)
Mastic villages
(300m), Airport & Karfás