⛴️ Day trip · 2 stops
Aegina — Temple of Aphaia & Palaiochora
The closest island escape from Athens (a half-hour ferry): the superbly preserved Doric temple of Aphaia and the Byzantine 'castle-town' of Palaiochora.
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The Doric temple of Aphaia (5th c. BC), one of the best-preserved temples in Greece, on a hill overlooking the Saronic Gulf.
Palaiochora, the medieval capital of Aegina, with dozens of Byzantine chapels scattered across the hillside.