Feast of Virgin Mary at Amarynthos
Exploring Eretria Sailing Holidays area
Festival of Virgin Mary in Gymno.
- Visit Site
- Date: 15 of August
Navigational Aids
Eretria Beach is popular for its cafes, taverns and ouzo establishments, but also for the nightlife. It has the particularity to be composed of two beaches and road passes between them, so when the wind blows one of the two is always calm.
Great beach with pebbles and sand in front of the village of New Palaces Oropos located on the northeast coast of Attica within 51 kilometers northeast of Athens. There is a beach but you may find that you want close to Oropos.
The port of Oropos is located on the shores of the head of Oropos bay, in front of the houses of the homonymous settlement. It consists of a 50-meter-long pier of northeast direction, with depths of about 1.
The small harbor of Amárynthos is located in front of the settlement Amárynthos (4195 residents). Its entrance is facing west and its width is about 120 meters.
The port of Erétria is located at a distance of 11 miles west-northwest of cape Alivéri, in the bay that is formed right to the west of the gulf located between cape Manóli Mýti and islet Pezónisos. The south end of islet Pezónisos is also the southeast end of the port.
Theater of Eretria, one of the oldest Greek theatres, is located inside the West Gate, in the north-west of the city and near the Temple of Dionysos. It was built between 400-500 BC and it has an estimated capacity of 3600.