Theologos

This small
upland village is in a hollow between sparsely vegetated hillsides and has been
listed as a “traditional settlement”. You wouldn’t know to look at Theologos today,
but for hundreds of years during the Ottoman period this was the administrative
centre of the island.

Being a
traditional settlement has helped preserve the village’s Macedonian-style stone
houses.

These are on
cobblestone paths branching off the main roads, which run parallel along the
contours of the hillside.

There’s a clutch
of tavernas in the village, as well as a folklore museum, and close by in this
mountainous setting are historic lime kilns and olive mills to check out.