Agios Nektarios

The monastery of Agios Nektarios, the most important religious monument of the island.

Agios Nektarios was a monk for 12 years in the monastery of Agia Triados and after his sleep, on November 9, 1920, he was buried there, right outside the church and under the shade of a pine tree that he himself had a nun plant.

His tomb and his holy relics, which are kept in the monastery, constitute a Panhellenic religious pilgrimage.

Just below the old monastery, an imposing temple has been built, dedicated to his memory, which is one of the largest in Greece and the Balkans. In the same place, during the Byzantine years, there was another monastery dedicated to Zoodochos Pigi in which, Saint Athanasia was an ascetic. Agios Nektarios decided to restore this monastery in 1904 and house the monastery of Agia Triado.

Temple of Aphaia

The Temple of Aphaia is one of the most important attractions that one can visit on the island of Aegina. It is built on a hill of 160 meters.

The Temple of Aphaia is 16 km from the capital of Aegina and dates back to 500 BC. with 24 of its 32 columns surviving to this day.

It is even said that Iktinos and Kallikrates relied on this temple model, in order to later design the Parthenon. It is no coincidence that the Temple of Aphaia is one of the peaks of one of the sacred triangles of antiquity, which the ancient Greeks took care to adhere to when it comes to their architecture.

Agios Minas

The Monastery of Agios Minas was a prophecy of Agios Nektarios. Inside the high wall that encloses it there are two temples. Its green surroundings are one of the reasons why this newer Monastery is preferred by pilgrims looking for peace and inner search.

Panagia Chrysoleontissa

The Monastery of Panagia Chrysoleontissa was built in the 17th century. It is one of the oldest monasteries of the island. It is also the first monastery where Agios Nektarios stayed and the last one he visited in order to pray to the Virgin Mary before leaving for Aretaiio. It used to be in the Kypseli area in Leonti, until the monks moved the icon of the Virgin Mary to its current location, between in the mountains, in order to protect it from pirates.

Old city

Paliachora of Aegina is a medieval village that was built in the 9th century and was the capital of the island until 1826.

It is the village for which they used to say "where the bell and the priest", since it once had 365 churches (one for each day of the year) but also 800 houses. Today only 33 churches of the royal style are preserved, which are worth visiting for the history them and the frescoes that are preserved to this day. In the area you will find ruins from the walls and the old water tanks of the city.

Don't forget to climb to the top of the hill where traces of the Castle are preserved to enjoy the view to the other side of the island.

Panagia Eleftherotria

It was founded in 1960 by archimandrite Filotheos Angelakis. The monastery functioned at first as a women's monastery, while in 1970 it was abandoned. In the summer of 1974, at the urging of the former Metropolitan of Hydra, Ierotheos, nuns from the Monastery of Agia Eupraxia Dokou Hydra permanently settled in the monastery.

The Monastery is dedicated to Panagia Eleftherotria and is celebrated on October 28.

Temple of Zeus

The Temple of Hellenic Zeus in Aegina is one of the most interesting archaeological findings.

Ellanio Oros is the highest mountain of Aegina. It is 532 m high and at its top is the Church of the Prophet Elias. The view from the top of Mount Hellani is fantastic. You literally look out over the entire Saronic Sea.

Ancient olive grove

A beautiful location, at the foot of Mount Aegina. Ancient Elaionas is essentially an ancient settlement. It is located next to the Temple of Hellenic Zeus and is one of the most interesting archaeological findings. It is the oldest temple in Europe (three generations before the Trojan War), while it is included in the 500 most historic and particularly beautiful areas of Greece and in the 24 most important destinations of Attica For this reason, there are many ruins of houses and residences in the area. Of course, there are still his century-old olive trees in the area.

The surface of their trunk is estimated to be more than 400 years old, while some of them are estimated to be 1500 years old.

They stand in the same place, for so many years, with their huge roots and trunks, as monuments of nature, worthy of admiration by man. Imagine that there is an olive tree with a 30 sq.m.