Small Group Insider Tour in Syros

After picking you up from the point of your choice, whether it is the port or any hotel on the island, we will begin the tour heading west towards the seaside village of Kini.

On τhe picturesque fishing village of Kini , by the water is a fountain featuring a mermaid and a fisherman. The mermaid is Panagia Gorgona (which approximately means "Saint Mermaid" or "Virgin Mary the Mermaid"), patroness of fishermen. The sculpture is a tribute to fishermen lost at sea.

On the slope of the green hill of Episkopeio have built their holiday villas the first rulers of Syros, in the 19th century, and since then are considered one of the resorts on the island. At the top of the hill stands out the church of Prophet Elias, from where the view is endless, but the most famous church in Episkopeio is Panagia Piskpoiani or Protothroni, which was built in 1624.

Episkopeio was the first seat of the Metropolis of Syros, so it was here the residence of the Bishop, who gave his name to the village. Today from this building of the 15th century remain only the ruins.

In the boundaries of of the village there is the “red house”, a painted red house that feeds one of the most famous legends in Syros – it is said that has even inspired Manolis Karagatsis to write the novel “The Great Chimera”, which recounts the story. The daring of Episkopeio argue that if one approaches the red house, hears tears, screams and laughter from its residents.

Τhe port-town of Syros, because the grandness of the Town Hall announces that this is the administrative capital of Greece’s best-known island chain. Only that everything around you – the neoclassical architecture, multi-colored mansion houses and cosmopolitan aura – is nothing like the whitewashed spectacle of other Cycladic islands.
Υou will have the opportunity visit the biggest town hall in Europe / Ermoupolis Town Hall , the first theater in Greece/ Theatro Apollon, the Church of the Dormition ( inside the church there is the authentic image of the Dormition of the Virgin from 1562 by Domenikos Theotokopoulos (El Greco) and The famous Vaporia, the old ship-owners’ quarter with the neoclassical mansions, the palm trees and the magnificent terraces that once hosted elegant evening parties and receptions.

The ultimate fortress town, Ano Syros allows you to explore a world of Cycladic architecture and Venetian charm, you’ll soon find out why Ano Syros looks the way it does. Winding streets so narrow there’s barely a straight line to be seen… whitewashed and colorful houses squeezed in so tightly they appear virtually interwoven… and from the top of the many-stepped, amphitheatrically shaped settlement, views of the South Aegean that are simply extraordinary. It’s because Ano Syros was once the ultimate fortress town, with gates that once sealed the town and allowed residents to ward off or flee from pirate raids. Punctuated by magical views of the South Aegean.
To meander through the cobblestone streets of Upper Syros (as the name translates) is to uncover the medieval and Catholic character introduced by the Venetians from the 13th century, within a setting that is also Cycladic. Still dominating the highest point of the town is the Catholic Cathedral of San Georgio.