Created on Saturday, 01 December 2012 / Worth seeing...
Tags: The Ravine of Boulovinaina, Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Greece, Agia Anna, Sights, CultureOutside the village of Agia Anna, three kilometers to the West, in a mountainous area we find the well-known ravine of “Boulovinaina”. History claims that during the Greek Revolution of 1821, a woman called ... [
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Created on Sunday, 18 November 2012 / North Evia - Suggested Routes
Tags: Routes, North Evia, island of Evia, Greece, Hiking, Tours, SightsA sea excursion from Kastri to Vasilika with the Aegean background. Areas are available in this area for the freelance or organized camper. Organized campsites are vailable in Pefki, Vasilika and Ellinika. ... [
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Created on Sunday, 18 November 2012 / North Evia - Suggested Routes
Tags: Routes, North Evia, island of Evia, Greece, Hiking, Tours, SightsAn unforgettable mountain hike form Kastaniotissa to Ilia. North Evia, to all its extent, either flatland or mountainous, is ideal for excursion and hikes of great interest, as far as the change of scenery ... [
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Created on Sunday, 18 November 2012 / North Evia - Suggested Routes
Tags: Routes, North Evia, island of Evia, Greece, Hiking, Tours, SightsThe third excursion on the mountainous part of North Evia excites the visitor for the extent of the route.Begin from Istiaia and follow the road towards Pefki. As soon as you cross the Xirias river bridge, ... [
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Created on Sunday, 18 November 2012 / North Evia - Suggested Routes
Tags: Routes, North Evia, island of Evia, Greece, Hiking, Tours, SightsThis excursion is as interesting as the previous one; comfortable and quite interesting for those who want to see the mountainous region of Istiaia area. By going along the central road from Istiaia towards ... [
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Created on Sunday, 18 November 2012 / North Evia - Suggested Routes
Tags: Routes, North Evia, island of Evia, Greece, Hiking, Tours, SightsThis route, doesn’t surpass the 35 kilometers distance, is as exciting as it is easily accessible since the roads are paved and not very busy. The central road from Istiaia leads straight to the village ... [
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Created on Sunday, 18 November 2012 / North Evia - Suggested Routes
Tags: Routes, North Evia, island of Evia, Greece, Hiking, Tours, SightsThis is an excursion suitable for all types of vehicles, hassle free, that provides pleasant surprises in all its points.
We will give a general description of the route (not necessarily making suggestions) ... [
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Created on Sunday, 18 November 2012 / North Evia - Suggested Routes
Tags: Routes, North Evia, island of Evia, Greece, Hiking, Tours, SightsThe total distance of our first suggestion is approximately 115 km while the second is a little over 140 km.
The roads are in good shape and problem free, while the road signs serve their purpose at ... [
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Created on Sunday, 18 November 2012 / Worth seeing...
Tags: The Oreoi castle, Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Greece, Oreoi, Sights, Culture... North Evia, while also being one of the most well known centers in Ancient Greece. The castle was rebuilt during the Venetian rule in the early 1200s. It became even more well known after 1275, when it ... [
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Created on Sunday, 18 November 2012 / Worth seeing...
Tags: Nisiotissa (Castle ruins), Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Greece, Neos Pyrgos, Sights, CultureJust outside of the village of Neos Pyrgos we find a beautiful natural beach called Nisiotissa. Only a few meters away from the coastline is the tiny island (islet) with ruins on the higher grounds. These ... [
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Created on Sunday, 18 November 2012 / Worth seeing...
Tags: Prehistoric site of Koumbi, Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Greece, Aidipsos, Sights, CultureIt is one of the most significant archeological sites in Evia. It can be found on the beach of Loutra Aidipsos. The findings that have been found there are many and important. They belong to the ... [
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Created on Sunday, 18 November 2012 / Worth seeing...
Tags: The Drimona Waterfalls, Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Drimona, Greece, Sights, CultureThe Drimona Waterfalls are a location of exquisite natural surroundings. These gorgeous waterfalls can be found in North Evia, at an altitude of 620m and 4km after the monastery of St. David, following ... [
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Created on Sunday, 18 November 2012 / Worth seeing...
Tags: The Tower of Aidipsos, Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Greece, Aidipsos, Sights, CultureThe Tower of Aidipsos or Fragoula, is a Venetian square tower of the 14th century and can be found near the church of St. Paraskevi in Aidipsos.
It has been saved at a great height and is a deserted ... [
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Created on Sunday, 18 November 2012 / Worth seeing...
Tags: The Sylla cavern, Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Greece, Aidipsos, Sights, CultureOne of the remaining finds of the Roman period are the baths at the “Sylla Cave”. It can be found behind the hydrotherapy building of the Greek Tourism Organization near the church of the Sts. Anargiroi ... [
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Created on Sunday, 18 November 2012 / Museums
Tags: Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Greece, Aidipsos, Sights, Culture, Archeological collection.The archeological collection is situated on the entresol of the Hydrotherapy center of the Greek Tourism Agency. Many of the bigger exhibits can be found in the receiving area, on the main floor. In the ... [
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Created on Sunday, 18 November 2012 / Museums
Tags: The museum of marine findings Nautilus, Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Greece, Aidipsos, Sights, CultureThe Museum of Marine Findings “Nautilus” was created with intent to offer the natural beauty, the knowledge as well as increasing the sensitivity of the visitor toward protecting his environment.
Therefore, ... [
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Created on Saturday, 17 November 2012 / Museums
Tags: The jokey of Artemision or The small dragoon of Artemision, Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Greece, Artemisio, Sights, CultureThis is the grandest cast horse statue with a rider that has been saved since antiquity. It was retracted in pieces from an ancient shipwreck and has been supplemented at the tail and center.
On ... [
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Created on Saturday, 17 November 2012 / Museums
Tags: Zeus or Poseidon of Artemision, Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Greece, Gouves, Sights, CultureThis is one of the most beautiful but also of the fewest, unique bronze statues of the classical period. It is a cast piece of art, in supernatural size and depicts either Zeus or Poseidon. This God is ... [
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Created on Saturday, 17 November 2012 / Worth seeing...
Tags: The Bull of Oreoi, Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Greece, Oreoi, Sights, CultureThis exquisite, bulky sculpture, that presently is exhibited in a protective glass case behind the temple of the Savior, near the port of Oreoi, was found in August of 1965 buried in the coast of the town. ... [
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Created on Saturday, 17 November 2012 / Museums
Tags: The Museum at the Drosini Tower, Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Greece, Gouves, Sights, CultureIn the village of Gouves, we can find the well known Tower of Gouves, which later became the property of the famous Greek poet Georgios Drosini. The property is dated back to the beginning of the 1800’s ... [
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Created on Saturday, 17 November 2012 / Museums
Tags: Museum of petrified mammals at Kerasia, The Petrified Forest, Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Greece, Kerasia, Sights, CultureThe Museum of Petrified Mammals in Kerasia, was opened in September 2006 and is the home to paleontological wealth of the surrounding area. In the excavations in Kerasia, petrified mammals that lived in ... [
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Created on Saturday, 17 November 2012 / Museums
Tags: Museum of Natural History of Istiaia, Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Greece, Istiaia, Sights, Culture The Natural History Museum of Istiaia, has a great collection of stuffed species (217 types of birds, a great number of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, fish, rocks, minerals, shells and seashells, ... [
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Created on Saturday, 17 November 2012 / Museums
Tags: Folklore Museum of Istiaia, Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Greece, Aidipsos, Sights, CultureThis wonderful Folklore Museum has been developed by a small association of 52 people. The aim of the association is to find a more suitable property ( preferably a Neoclassical building), in order to ... [
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Created on Friday, 16 November 2012 / Museums
Tags: Historical and Folkloric Museum in Limni, Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Greece, Limni, Sights, CultureThe Historic and Folklore Museum in Limni began operating in the summer of 1993, after the generous donation towards the municipality of Limni by the late Limnian Ekaterini Evaggelinou-Flokou (descendant ... [
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Created on Friday, 16 November 2012 / Museums
Tags: Museum of Folk Art and Agricultural Life in Agia Anna, Museums, Island of Evia, North Evia, Greece, Agia Anna, Sights, Culture... Settas.
The museum was opened on July 25, 1982 and till 2002 was functioning in rented premises. Following it was moved to a privately owned building, till today and was donated by Aggeliki Malamoy, ... [
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