City guide Amorgos
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- Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads 50% income tax exemption for 7 years for those relocating tax residence to Greece. Article 5C exempts 50% of employment and business income earned in Greece for seven tax…
- Best Area to Stay for Tourists Chora (for vibes/history) and Katapola (for port access and relaxed evening strolls). Chora for the capital and the fortress, Katapola for the main port, and Aegiali for the…
- Best Beach Nearby Agia Anna (the 'Big Blue' filming location) and Mouros Beach (pebble beach with caves). Agia Anna, just below the Hozoviotissa monastery, is the best-known beach. Mouro, near…
- Best Coworking Space The Amorgos Digital Nomad Hub (Seasonal/Project-based in Aegiali) - otherwise, many nomads… No separate coworking day pass is published on the island. Aegialis Hotel and Spa in…
- Best Hospital State Health Clinic (Chora). Serious cases require helicopter transfer to Athens or Syros… Health Centre of Chora (Kentro Ygeias Choras Amorgou), in Chora, postcode 840 08…
- Best Taxi/Ride App No apps; local taxi stand in Katapola (+30 22850 71255). Rates approx €10-15 between main… No ride-hailing app. A taxi between Aegiali and Katapola costs €25.
- Cashless Friendly High; cards accepted in almost all restaurants and shops, though carry small cash for… Visa, Mastercard and Maestro are widely accepted in shops, hotels and on ferries and…
- City Amorgos, South Aegean, Greece Amorgos, Cyclades, South Aegean, Greece
- Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) Rules Yes, applicable under EU ATAD directives. Yes. Undistributed income of a foreign company is taxed in Greece when the resident owns…
- Cooking Classes Traditional cooking workshops organized by Aegialis Resort. Aegialis Hotel and Spa in Aegiali offers cooking classes on request.
- Cultural Districts Chora - the medieval capital with its Venetian castle ruins. Chora, the island capital, with the Venetian fortress.
- Currency & Banking 1 EUR ≈ 1.09 USD. Major banks include National Bank of Greece (ATM in Chora and Katapola). Euro (EUR). On 22 October 2026 the European Central Bank reference used for Greece was 1…
- Dividend Withholding Tax 5%. 5% withholding on dividends. For an individual, that withholding is the full tax on this…
- Highest Income Tax Bracket 44% (for income over €40,000). 44% on employment, pension and business income above €60,000. Income from €40,000 to…
- Highway Access Single winding main road connecting Katapola-Chora-Aegiali (~45 mins end-to-end). One main road links the ports of Katapola and Aegiali with Chora. Chora is 5 km from…
- Historical Sites Ancient Arkesini (Kastri) and the shipwreck of 'Olympia' near Kalotaritissa. The ancient walled city of Arkesini at Kastri, and the 1980 wreck of the Olympia.
- Main Train/Transit Hub Katapola Ferry Port (Blue Star Ferries, SeaJets). Two ferry ports: Katapola, the main call for boats from Piraeus, and Aegiali. Blue Star…
- Museums & Art Venues Archaeological Collection of Amorgos (Gavras Mansion in Chora). Archaeological Museum in the Gavras tower in Chora, and the Folklore Museum behind the…
- Population 1,970 1,961 in the 2021 census, for the municipality, which includes the neighbouring islets.
- Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C/F sockets 230 V, 50 Hz, Type C and F (Europlug and Schuko).
- Property Transaction Tax 3.09% transfer tax plus notary fees. 3% real estate transfer tax on the taxable value when the sale is not charged VAT. An…
fix pass after the batch check. Standardized the electricity line to the wording used across Greece, brought the beach line to what the travel guide shows, replaced the acropolis at Kastri with the ancient walled city of Arkesini, dropped the law number from the top income tax band, restated the dividend line as the full tax for an individual, restated the property transfer tax as 3 percent with the co-owner quarter rate after the tax agency page stopped opening, and moved the inbound-worker 50 percent exemption to the article 5C law text for the same reason.