In the southern corner of the island is Perissa. A seaside village with more than
five kilometres long dark beach. Characteristic is the enormous rock, called
Mesa Vouno which
rising 264 meters from the sea and offers a
great landscape by night when the rock is lighted.
The worth seeing of the village is the magnificent five-domed church of the
Holy Cross which was rebuilted on the same site and on the same dimension, after the its destruction in 1956. The Byzantine church of
Agia Irini (St. Irini) worth visiting too. Is the patron saint of the island and local people honour her on
29 th of August. Agia Irini died on the island while her exile, on 304 a.d.
One of the
campings of the island is
located in Perissa. The village also, offers a great variety of luxurious hotels, restaurants, beach bars and night clubs.