ABOUT ARGOSARONIC ISLANDS
These islands, each year gather many foreigner tourists that come in order to pass certain days beautifully and relax, offering to them thus islander atmosphere and a lot of historical monuments in order to pass lightly their hours.
The island Agistri is a small islet in the centre of Saronikoy gulf, 4 naval miles from Aegina. It is richly in vegetation with beautiful deserted beaches and wonderfully seas. Allocates two harbours, Scale and Mill, where the first harbour connected Aegina and second with Piraeus.
Aegina is a resorted island mainly the summertime with many summer visitors. The narrow alleys, the mansions, the churches with light blue dome and the beautiful beaches are sure that will “steal” you the core. Aegina for little time was the capital of then released Greece, in 1828. Here it was also cut the first currency the 700 B.C., the Heloni. You should visit the Metropolis of Saint Dionisioy, the Column and laves of Apollo temple. In the mountain Oros you will find the ruins of Ellanioy Dia temple and in the Paheiorahi you will find the monastery of Virgin Mary-Hrisoleontissas. Important points for the island that you should visit are the bight Saint Marina with sandy bottom, the Partridge with harbour and the Country. For swimming very good beaches are the followings: Plakakia, Foro, Saint Marina and Bagia.
Hydra, the island of admirals, have enormous naval delivery. Romantic and inalterable in the time, it is ideal destination of interruptions for thousands visitors that visit the island each year. The friends of tramp can enjoy the hikes, lending the island an enchanting sense of calm. You should visit the graphic jetty of harbour, the mansions that belong in historical persons and heroes of revolution, as well as the historical museum that allocates an appreciable file of revolution in 1821. The houses of stone with traditional tile roofs and the watermills lend to the island the Greek authenticity.
Methana Island, known from the antiquity for their curative sources, is a big round peninsula of Peloponnese in the Saroniko gulf. Many visitors come each year in the summer and they can combine the interruptions with the treatment. The tourist infrastructure of island is good and the transport tactic.
Poros, a unique island in his morphology from the rests, distinguishes for its impressive beauty and the absolute calm that provide you the deep blue sea and the verdurous hinterland. You should visit the Saint Georgio with the separate hagiographies of Partheni and the Old Clock, the pinewood of Kalayrias, the Monastery of Zoodohoy Source and finally, the ancient temple of Neptune. For anyone who want to see other sights should visit the old Naval station where today accommodated the Education Centre of Ship boys, the ruins from the Dorian Temple of Neptune, the archaeological museum and the Municipal library.
Salamina is acquaintance from the antiquity because the known naval battle that became here, between the Greeks and the Perses, the 480 B.C. It is connected with Athens via ferryboat in Perama. It has rich vegetation and graphic harbours. For those who want to enjoy the sea will be proposed to go to the southern part where are assembled a lot of excursionists and concretely in the beaches Kanakia, Pigeons and Giala. Salamine is a modern city that everyone can see the Citadel of Ancient Salamine and the cavern of Eyripidi.
Spetses Island has tourist movement and gathers also a lot of famous people. Acquaintance from CHARIOT (representation of naval battle of 8 September 1822 that had become in the island), is organised each year first Sunday afterwards 8 September and at the duration the island has many people.
With the big naval and cultural delivery, the small pinewoods, the clean waters and the neoclassic mansions that exist here, "cause" the visitor in the exploration of this splendid and small island, but only walking because the cars do not exist. The square of Ntapias assembles the bigger part of tourism. Between the chairs and the tables there are cannons that defended the island in 1821, while in the beach exist the old mansions. Laskarina Mpoympoylina was the unique woman-admiral in the world naval history, who had offered many to the Greek revolution and has there her mansion that now functions as museum. There are many bars, taverns, cafes, restaurants for your amusement, while it worth to try a local food - fish ala spetsiota and local sweets, where you will impressive.
