Sightseeing

Towards the direction of Karistos, just 15 minutes away from Almiropotamos, you can visit Stira whose sunset, is one of the most beautiful and breathtaking in the Evian Gulf. You can also visit the Dragonhouses who are nearby at the Ohis mountain top. They are small houses inhabited before 7 BC

Dragonhouses

Karistos- Kokkinokastro

15 min

You can visit the Archaeoligical Museum and have a tour around the impressive Castello Rosso (Kokkinokastro/Red Castle). A bit further, you can discover the old watermills in the Platanistos

30 min

Having the Windmills as a base, you can have daily excursions and explore the sights of the surrounding area and not only

The Ancient Theatre of Eretria

This theare is the most impressive of the monuments of ancient Eretria. It is situated on the west side of the city of Eretria, among the West Gate, the Stadium and the Ano Gymnasium. You can also visit the south-west side of the area where it is located the temple of Dionisos. It is one of the most well known ancient monuments of its kind. According to the research at the ruins of the temple, it was originally constructed in 5 BC. After the destruction by the Persians it was reconstructed and the period of its highest peak was 4 BC.

The Archaeological Museum of Chalkis

The exhibits of the Archaeological Museum of Chalkis are chronologically placed from the Palaeolithic Times until the After Roman Times as the excavations in Evia revealed. The findings that are excibited in the museum comes from the settlement and the cemetary of Manika (2800-1900 BC). Also there are Mycenean ceramics and seats, the Economou collection with ceramics and koroplastics from the surrounding region. Collection of classic and hellinistic coins from Chalkis, Eretria and Karistos, roman dedicatory sculptures from Chalkis and Edipsos, tombs from Chalkis, Nea Lampsakos and honorary mosaics. In the yard of the Museum you can see mosaics, tombs and roman sculptures. Some of the most worth seeing exhibits are a seated female statue of 4 BC, a marble tomb depicting a young man and a dog (second quarter of the 4 BC), a dedicatory column that depicts Pluto and Dionisos (mid 4 BC), a statue of Antinoos (2 BC), a headless statue of Apollo or Dionisos (roman copy), a female statue of the Hellinistic Times and two heads of young male statues of the Archaeic.

The Oracle at Delphis was the most known Oracle of the Ancient Greece and of the known world at the time. It is sited in Delphis. It is considered to be the centre of the world because, according to the myths, Zeus released two eagles, one towards the East and one towards the West. The 2 birds met in Delphis. The Oracle was dedicated to god Apollo. Pithia was the medium that was in contact with Apollo and through her the god gave to men his prophesies and omens.

Delphis

The Acropolis- The Museum of Acropolis

On the rocky hill of Acropolis, which dominates in the centre of modern Athens, was the most important and most impressive sacred place of the ancient city, dedicated mostly to the patroness of Athens, goddess Athena. Around the temple of Acropolis are the most important myths of ancient Athens. There where big religious festivals, the oldest worship rituals of the city and also some of the most decisive events in the history of the city. The artifacts and ruins of Acropolis, are combining harmonical with the natural environment. Unique masterpieces of the the ancient architecture that express pioneering correlations of the order and the trends of Classical art. They had affected the spiritual and artistic creation for the centuries that followed. Acropolis was build 5 BC represents, in the most ideal way, the greatness, the power and the wealth of Athens at the time of its highest peak, the so called “Golden Age” of Perikles.

40 min

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