Τρίτη 26 Μαΐου 2015

Aegina island

Aegina island is one of the Saronic Islands in the same name Gulf 17 miles from Piraeus.

Tradition derives the name from Aegina the mother of the hero Aeacus, who was born on the island and became its king.

Τρίτη 12 Μαΐου 2015

Poros island & Galatas town


Poros is a small Greek island-pair in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf, at a distance 31 nm south from Piraeus and separated from the Peloponnese by a 200 m wide sea channel, with the town of Galatas on the mainland across the strait. The ancient name of Poros was Pogon.

Κυριακή 10 Μαΐου 2015

Agia Pelagia, Kythira island


Kythira (Venetian: Cirigo) is an big island in Greece lying opposite the south-eastern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula.

It belongs to the Islands regional unit, which is part of the Attica region (although at large distance from Attica itself).