After Karfas we come to Agia Ermioni with its small natural port, a shelter for fishing boats. A little further off is the beach of Megas Limnionas and, after that, the road leads to Thimiana.

The area is famous for its many mines of the characteristic yellow-brown stone. This is the material used to build most of the mansions at Kambos as well as many of the older churches of the island. Typical of this use is the central church of Thimiana, Agios Efstratios, which is one of the biggest of Chios, wholly constructed of Thimiana stone and of late - Byzantine architecture.

The next village is Nehori, which is quite new, apart from its central church, Panagia (=Virgin Mary) which proves the important local traditional architecture at the end of the previous century.
Quite near Nehori, on the left, along the main road, we can visit the monastery of Agios Minas, closely connected with the history of Chios.
In April 1822, after the desperate resistance of the inhabitants who had refuged there seeking shelter, the massacre of about 3.000 people by the Turks took place. Athough the church has been renewed twice (after 1881 and 1950), the relics of that terrible bloodshed are still visible. The nearest beach from here is that of Agia Fotia and of Agios Yannis which is very nice and clean.
The first "mastic village" on the way south is Kalimassia, at about 13 km from Hora. It used to be one of the most important medieval villages but it was competely destroyed in the 1881 earthquake and rebuilt later. The local Handicraft Association employs women who make excellent embroideries.
Next we come to Katarraktis village, which was built after the earthquake of 1881, near the shore. Next we come to Patrika and Kalamoti which was also built in the usual medieval style. Here, the local accent of speech is quite different from that of the other villages, with elements from the ancient dialect of Homer. Worth visiting is the church of Panagia Sikelia, a byzantine church of the 13th century with nice ceramics.