Pyrgos
Guide
Photo: Bgabel · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeWalkAllow 1–2 hPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A hilltop village in the middle of the island, with stepped lanes winding up to the ruins of a castle and views over both coasts.
A brief history
Pyrgos was the island's capital for a long time, its houses packed inside a Venetian fortress wall for safety from pirates.
Tips
- Best time
- Late afternoon; a quieter sunset than Oia
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 1–2 h
- Free days
- Always free
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Good to know
- Area
- Pyrgos and the south: The old hill village of Pyrgos, Akrotiri's Bronze Age town and the Red Beach.
- Access
- Not step-free (stairs)
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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