Pyrgos

Pyrgos is known as the marble art capital. It is the largest city on the Santorini Island, and the Elis regional’s capital in Greece. Pyrgos offers beautiful landscapes of stony hills and narrow stripes of fertile land. Pyrgos, part of the Cyclades, is located 4 kilometres (2 miles) from the Ionian Sea and the river Alfeios flows about 7 km (4 miles) south of the city. With its white houses, Pyrgos gives you a very deep sensation of freshness. The city’s architecture is splendid and you must see the churches, the arches, the sources, the columns... The cemetery is a wonder, do not forget to admire the tomb plaques and busts. The sun shines up to 300 days a year. Pyrgos has also the advantage of being close to the mythic city of Olympia.