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Hidden places in Greece

1 uncrowded place in Greece, away from Athens: quiet towns, geological oddities and free-to-enter ruins.

The abandoned stone houses of Anavatos stacked up a cliff on Chios
Forgotten ruins Greece · Chios

Anavatos

A deserted Byzantine village stacked on a cliff in the hills of Chios, emptied after the 1822 massacre and never resettled, its stone houses now indistinguishable from the rock.

Coordinates
38°25′60″N 25°58′60″E
Crowds
Usually empty
Landscape
Mountain
Best season
Best in Spring