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Modern Description: Beyond Phylakopí, the main road descends to Pollónia (10km), whose name would suggest that it was once the site of a sanctuary of Apollo. The attractive and protected harbour is the embarkation point for the five or six daily ferry-crossings to the island of Kimolos which fills the horizon ahead. From Pollónia a road branches southeast to the long beach of Voudia Bay (12km) on the eastern coast. Voudia is the site of the main plant and loading station for the Silver and Baryte Ores Mining Co. who work the large deposits and quarries inland of the promontory here. Taking the road south from Voudia to Migiókolo and Koufí and thence west across to the opposite coast, you pass through a landscape fashioned into deep gulfs by industrial quarrying; the slopes are stepped in bare terraces, descending through gashes of red and white and pale-green.

Info: McGilchrist's Greek Islands

(From McGilchrist’s Greek Islands, © Nigel McGilchrist 2010, excerpted with his gracious permission. Click for the books)

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