Ferries from Piraeus to Mesta Chios
The route connecting Piraeus and Mesta Chios isn't operating at the moment by any ferry companies on the NetFerry website.
The port of Piraeus is located just 12 km south of the center of Athens and is its main port. Historically this port was the starting point for many naval expeditions and the Athenian navy fleet was also based here. Over the centuries, with the decline of Athens the port of Piraeus also declined and then resumed some activities in the nineteenth century. Today, Piraeus is the largest port in Europe in terms of commercial traffic and every year it is a stopover for about 20 thousand passengers. Piraeus covers the routes to the major Greek islands, including the Cicaldi, the Dodecanese archipela... [More information]
Address: Platia Karaiskaki
Directions: Google Map @ Piraeus, port
Mesta is a traditional village on the Greek island of Chios. It belongs to a group of villages in South Chios called the Mastic Villages, named after their historic role in the production of mastic, grown on the lentisk tree. UNESCO's list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity includes The Mastic Villages, which are characterized by specific medieval architecture. A brief history of Mesta Mastic has traditionally been harvested in Mesta for at least 2,500 years, since Greek Antiquity. Derived from Greek, the word mastic was Romanized to 'mastichein' meaning 'to gnash the ... [More information]