Starting
from the town of Aegina
and continuing north towards
Souvala,
you rech a place called
Kipseli.
Kipseli is about 4 kilometers
away from the town of Aegina and
it's the second most populated
community in Aegina.
The
inhabitants of Kipseli are mostly
occupied with the peanut trees and
the almond trees. Near
Kipseli there
is a beautiful, old church called Saint
Nicolas
Moulou.
If you continue that
road you will pass through a
place
called Vathi and the after 4
kilometers you will have
reached
Souvala.
Souvala is 10 kilometers
away from the town
of Aegina and
it has thermal springs that can help
cure athritis,
rheumatic pains and
dermatological problems.
It's a
tourist
resort with many tourist
attractions.
From Souvala, there
is a road that takes you to
Palaioxora and
to the Monastery of Saint Nektarios and then it meets
a road that goes to
Aphaia and
Santa Marina.
From Souvala
a coastal road leads
to Vaia, a small
tourist area with a beautiful beach
and
houses that are covered in
flowes.
If you continue going
on
that road, you will be heading
to Mesagro and from there
to Santa Marina.
The
first road after Saint Nektarios
continues going east and it
reaches
Mesagros which is a big town where
its inhabitants
are occupied with
farming and pottery.
After
Mesagro,
the road goes up a pine-clad hill
and on the top of
the hill there is
the Temple
of Aphaia which is
admirable and
worth seeing. |
The road continues downhill and after 4 kilometers
it reaches the
picturesque gulf of Santa Marina
which is a
big tourist resort with
hotels, restaurants, bars, a very
nice
santy beach fully orginised
with many water sports available.
After Santa Marina, the road
continues going along the seaside
and it ends up to a fishing village
called Portes.
From Portes,
the
central road goes uphill and once
you pass Anitsaio, it
goes by
an archeological area, and then
it continues towards
a traditional
mountainous village called Pahia
Rahi, and from
there it goes back
to the town of Aegina.
A seaside
road that
starts from the harbor
of Aegina, goes by the harbor of
Faros,
Marathona with its well
organizes beach, Aeginitissa with
its
beautiful beach and finally
it reaches Perdika and the
small
island of Moni.
After Pachia Rachi, you come to the Hellenic Wildlife Hospital on your right.
You may visit its facilities and see a variety
of wild animals, mostly birds that have been wounded by humans.
Many young people work here as volunteers, not only from
Greece but also from other countries, donating their time
and knowledge in this very demanding service.
Animals that
are succesfully rehadilitated are then released to their
natural habitat, wherever that might be.
The rest, which need
long-term care, remain in the centre.
There is a small shop
in the premoses where you can purchase variouw items, most
of which are handmade, such as cemacs, bracelets and necklaces,
in support of the centre's mission. |
