Going up the main road from the port, at a 3 km distance, you find Hora, the biggest settlement and capital of the island. Consecutive squares, the Kastro, and well-preserved stone paved streets rank Hora among the best of Cyclades. Arriving at Hora we see the Kastro, a medieval settlement built to protect locals from enemy assaults.
The settlement that was gradually developped outside the Kastro used to be called Village, and later on the two of them formed Hora. Hora’s main feature is the squares that lay one after another. The first one is called Pounta. After comes Dounavis, Kontarinis Square, Piatsa, and Maraki Squares.