Homer and Ios
When we speak of Ios, we cannot omit Homer. Tradition holds that the greatest poet of antiquity was buried on our island, on a hill overlooking the Aegean. There, according to legend, the people of Ios honored the creator of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Ios is not just beaches and summers. It is an island that has lived through millennia of history. From the Early Bronze Age settlement of Skarkos to the Classical era and the Byzantine period, Ios was a crossroads of cultures.
The importance of Skarkos archaiological site for Ios and Cyclades
Η αναζήτηση της μνήμης στην Ίο Η Ίος, ένα μικρό νησί στις Κυκλάδες, κρύβει μέσα της περισσότερα από λευκά σπιτάκια, όμορφες παραλίες και νυχτερινή ζωή. Κρύβει φωνές. Φωνές που έρχονται από το παρελθόν, φωνές που αντηχούν στα σοκάκια, στα ξωκλήσια και στα μονοπάτια της. Αυτές οι φωνές είναι οι ηχώ που συνθέτουν την ταυτότητα του…
Island of Echoes is a beautifully crafted Ios history book with rare maps, oral histories, archaeology, and Cycladic culture. Limited copies—order today and own a piece of Greek island heritage.
the resting place of naval officer Periklis Chatziandreou.
Το χρονικό διάστημα 29 Μαϊου – 5 Ιουνίου, η Ίος Περιπέτεια ΑΜΚΕ, με τη συνεργασία του Δήμου Ιητών, του Αθηναϊκού Ορειβατικού Συλλόγου και ντόπιων εθελοντών, θα προβεί σε εργασίες συντήρησης επί του πεζοπορικού δικτύου της Ίου.
During the period from May 29th to June the 5th, Ios Adventure NPO (Non Profit Organization), in collaboration with the Municipality of Ios, the Athenian Mountaineering Association and local volunteers, will carry out maintenance work on the hiking network of Ios.
Bravo 2022 Awards Ios Adventure Non Profit Organisation (NPO), with the brands Ios Adventure & Ios Paths, participates in the Bravo 2022 competition, which is the largest social dialogue on the issues of Sustainable Development that develops in our country, based on the initiatives implemented by Agencies – Business – Local Local Government and Civil…
A few words about Ios Adventure NPO The Ios Adventure AMKE (Civil Non-Profit Company) was established in November 2017 with the purpose, as explicitly stated in its statutes, to promote sports, tourism, tourism, religious, agrotourism and all kinds of tourism on the island of Ios. Ios Adventure AMKE consists of two separate brand names, Ios…
George’s and Flora’s Perivoli (garden), Flora’s and George’s Perivoli (garden) George is not a professional farmer, but he loves working on the land. Flora loves nature and rejoices every moment she spends there. Although both are born in Athens, their ancestors come from Ios and so they decided to settle down permanently on the island.…