Mesta is the best preserved castle-village of southern Chios. It is unique both in form and in layout. Unique is also the fact that it is continuously inhabited from the days it was built to today. It has a medieval aura accompanying you throughout the duration of your stay in the village.

     The streets are narrow and most are covered with domes. The entire village has been designed and built as a labyrinth, to confuse pirates who arrived in the village and to lead them in an clever way to deadlocks, where the locals were waiting for them with hot oil.