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Aliveri, the capital of the Municipality Kymi-Aliveri, is a modern town with significant financial and trade activity. It is located 50 km in the southeastern of Halkida. It is built amphitheatrically on the hills and it is 2 km far from the coasts of Evoikos Gulf. Karavos is the port of Aliveri and the touristic centercenter of the area.
Kimi is a beautiful small town which towers the Aegean Sea from a privileged position. It is built around the slopes of a hill with lush vegetation. A twisting road 4 km long connects the town with the beach of Kymi, which has several traditional houses, picturesque streets, fine gardens and an abundance of running water. The ancient Euboean Kymis mentioned as a harbor town related to the more prominent poleis of Chalkida and Eretria in antiquity.
Together with these, it is sometimes named as the founding metropolis of the homonymous Kymi (Cumae) in Italy, an important early Euboean colony, which was probably named after it. Kymi has a very interesting Folklore Museum, with exhibits covering the period 1800-1930. A special room contains relics of the renowned doctor and researcher Georgios Papanikolaou. The town has many hotels and rooms to let, taverns, restaurants, coffee shops and bars.
Navigational Aids
Petrion Harbor at Petries
The entrance of the fishing harbor is difficult to recognize by vessels arriving from the north or south. The entrance is open to the west, 80 meters wide and protected by two breakwaters.
Bavaria 42 Cruiser Economy
The small harbor of Alivéri is a small artificial harbor that lies at the northwest head of bay Alivéri, in front of Alivéri settlement. The harbor is protected from the waves raised by south winds by a mole that starts from the northwest shores and extends to the east for 210 meters.
The port of Kými is situated at the northwest head of the bay of Kými. The town of Kými (Koúmi) with 3,674 residents is about 1 mile inlands of the homonymous port on a height of 200 meters, with the settlement Kými Beach adjacent to the harbor.
Port Kymi Marina
Petries Bay
Soutsini Beach at Agia MarinaBeach Sikies is a small beach where there is a small basketball court and a playground. On the shore there is sand and a few stones.
The very clean beach of Stomio Oxilithos is with pebbles inside and outside of the sea. Along the beachthere are restaurants and cafes.
The beach of Agioi Apostoloi is mostly known as “Petries” (the stones) from the homonymous village, located just above this very popular beach in Evia. It is a picturesque harbor with a beach, several tavernas and cafes.
The beach Mourteri is a long beach with sand and pebbles on the shore and pebbles on the bottom. Along the beach there are a few taverns and cafes.
Korasida is a beautiful pebbled beach, with turquoise waters (a perfect combination of mountain and sea). This beach is one of the most picturesque in Greece along with the Kalamos beach.
Kalamos beach has turquoise waters and white sand washed by the Aegean Sea. There are two small consecutive bays separated by a rock.
This is a little trick but as it is almost always very wavy there are breakwaters placed in the middle of the bay so the water from there to the coast is almost always calm. The beach has coarse sand and the water deepens abruptly.
Mpoufalo BayAnchorage for small crafts can be obtained on the east shores of the head of the bay. The bottom of the bay is sandy and good-holding for vessels.
Petries Diving School
The Petries Divers School was established in 2008, and quickly became a recognized and respected diving school. The diving school is a member of the international association of DAN EUROPE and is recognized by the Marine Ministry.