Bourgos is the Orthodox Greek quarter that developed at the foot of the Venetian Kastro — a lower old town of narrow lanes, whitewashed houses, and small Byzantine churches that contrasts with the Latin formality of the district above. During the centuries of Venetian rule, the Greek population of Hora largely lived here, outside the castle walls, while the Catholic nobility occupied the Kastro. The boundary was social and religious as much as architectural.
Today Bourgos flows seamlessly into the shopping streets of modern Hora at its lower edges, but climbing up through it toward the Kastro gates you pass through lanes that are still clearly pre-tourist in character: small churches dedicated to obscure saints, houses built cheek-by-jowl over many generations, the occasional workshop or store that serves local needs rather than visitor ones. The neighbourhood has several good small restaurants tucked into its backstreets, better on average than the more visible waterfront establishments. It's the part of Hora that rewards wandering without a particular destination.