Old Chora
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The Verdict
The old capital, half in ruins and half rebuilt — the best hour you will spend on Alonissos, especially at sunset.
Why go
Old Chora stands on the hill above the port, and the 1965 earthquake left it half ruined and half restored, which makes for a strange, quiet hour of walking: stone houses with fallen roofs beside rebuilt ones with washing on the line, a ruined Venetian castle at the top, and tavernas with the whole island laid out below. Go in the evening for the light on the water and stay for dinner.
Understand the place
The hilltop village above Patitiri that was the island's capital until the 1965 earthquake, with castle ruins and the widest view in the Sporades.
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