Paloi, a coastal settlement on the northeast coast of Nisyros, 4 km east of Mandraki known for the thermal spring of Thermiani, is the seaport of Emporio village. Due to the pirate raids the inhabitants moved in the interior of the island, where they founded the mountainous village of Emporio, a picturesque but nowadays half-ruined
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The small monastery complex of Armas is built on a leafy area, on the northwest side of Nisyros, in the site of Roukki. It overlooks Mandraki from above. It is accessible via the carriage road that connects Mandraki with the monastery of Evangelistria or via a path, south-east of the church Panayia Faneromeni in Kardia.
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The small monastery complex of Ayia Sion or Siones (St Sion) is located on the southwest side of Nisyros, east of the recently opened carriage road that leads from Mandraki to Argos. It is built in such a way that it is invisible from the road, for protection from pirate raids that often affected the
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The semi-mountainous settlement of Emporeios is located on the northeastern side of Nisyros, at a distance of 8 km southeast of Mandraki and 4 km south of the settlement of Paloi, which is considered as its seaport. The picturesque village, built at an altitude of about 330 meters, literally hangs from the caldera rim and
Αyia Triadha is the most important Christian church of Nisyros in terms of hagiographies, it lies south of the modern cemetery of the mountainous village Nikia, 14 km southeast of Mandraki, on a location that offers an exceptional sea view. The church was built on the slope of the mountain, at the southwestern end of
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