Landmark· Alonissos· Greece — Dodecanese, Sporades & North Aegean

Alonissos Underwater Museum Information Centre (Chora)

39° 8.7′ N · 23° 50.7′ E · approximate

The visitor centre for Greece's first underwater museum, in the Old School at the edge of Chora: a virtual-reality dive on the 5th-century BC Peristera wreck, amphora replicas and a schoolyard with Aegean views.

Practical

Approximate position at the edge of Chora; the museum site gives no street address — follow signs from the municipal car park by the cemetery, the Alsyllio bus stop or Kato Alonia. Open daily 10am–2pm and 5:30pm–9:30pm; admission €4; phone +30 2424066502, museum@alonissos.gov.gr (museum website). Combine with the Chora hike from Patitiri.

Best for

Seeing the wreck without diving it