Chios: The Home of Christopher Columbus The port is a city with traffic and buses. Lots of interesting fortress villages known as Mastichochoria for their historic manufactoring of Mastika, a gummy sap that had major value in cosmetics and medicine before the use of petroleum and still used for a variety of purposes (including a kind of chewing gum and a liquor). Chios is one of the most beautiful of the Aegean islands and has a capable bus system. Renting a car is the best way to see it though. The tiny island of Psara is accessable only from Chios. Be sure to read Was Columbus Greek? An article about his possible origins on the island of Chios. Daily boats from Pireaus take about 8 hours and arrive at 4am. They continue on to Lesvos, Limnos and on some days to Kavala or Thessaloniki. There is also a boat that goes to and from Volos once a week and another to Samos and the majorr islands in the Dodecanese.
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