At first glance, the shaded, cobblestoned plateia (central square) in the medieval village of Kalamoti on the Greek island of Chios, seems far removed from the bustling streets of Amman, Jordan. The ...

The Greek island of Chios is the only place in the world where the multipurpose mastic resin is cultivated. It's used for refining desserts, drugs and cosmetics — and nowadays also for making beer ...

Experience the intoxicating scent of resin and the geometric beauty of the "Mastika Island" with this cinematic drone footage of Chios, Greece. The journey begins over the uniquely patterned village ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. A love of esoteric ingredients can lead you to unusual places. Chios is a beautiful Greek island, five miles off ...

Known as the “painted village,” Pyrgi is undoubtedly one of the most photogenic places in the world. Located on Chios, the fifth largest of Greece’s islands, it’s made up of houses adorned with ...

There’s fresh interest in a fabled shrub on the Aegean island of Chios. A mastic tree at night the island of Chios in Greece. Islanders use the tree’s resin as a cure-all, and pharmaceutical companies ...

BACKGROUNDChios mastic gum is a resin that has become popular in some food supplements and chewing gums said to help with various stomach ailments. The gum comes from the mastic shrub, which is a ...

Walk Pyrgi’s narrow, medieval streets and you’ll see buildings, arches—even the undersides of balconies—etched with intricate, black-on-white, geometric patterns. Strings of cherry tomatoes and drying ...

Athens flaunts its splendour while the popular islands of Mykonos and Santorini exude a sun-burnt balminess, seeming to spring from a land that’s warm and abundant. However, when our boutique luxury ...