Chios

Just before the entrance to the medieval village of Pyrgos, begins the road that leads to the seaside town of Commerce.
The Emporios is a very beautiful port that is known mainly because of the uniqueness of their famous neighboring beaches, the <The name of the island probably derives from his daughter Oinopionta, Chion, but under a different version of the first settlers of the island were the Pelasgians. This demonstrates the many and various parts of the island bearing their name. According to a recent version, the name of the island from the Syrians, in language which means gum. On the island at times and given other names, such as Pityousa, smoke, and Makris Mafronisi. Excavations carried out in various parts of the island, such as the Holy Emporios and milk from other British and Greek archaeologists have proved that Chios was habitable at least since the Neolithic period and the Bronze Age (6000-2000 BC .). According to tradition, the first resident and king of the island was Oinopion, son of Dionysus and Ariadne, who came from Crete in 1500 BC the southernmost tip of the island and learned to residents of the island trade, the sea and how to grow vines.