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Galaxidi

Built on a strategic location, at the west facet of the Krisean Gulf, the historical town of Galaxidi stands proud a few of the well-known traveller locations in Fokida, Greece.

The naval metropolis of Galaxidi has a lengthy records, starting 4000 years ago. Despite all the raids with the aid of Slavs, Fransks, Catalans, Turks, Galaxidi stayed alive and these days has a variety of monuments to show this travel via time. The Naval & Ethnological Museum is the right start line to discover the history and tradition of this place. The Churches of Agia Paraskevi with its sundial and Agios Nikolaos with the stunning timber temple are top samples so one can come up with an idea of the records of Galaxidi. From the windmill of the agreement, you may appreciate the view, earlier than taking the road to a traditional tavern so as to enjoy neighborhood cuisine and tasteful Greek wine.

Galaxidi is a known tourist motel with many hotels, guest houses and rooms to let. They all offer all of the important centers the guests need, alongside with authentic warm hospitality. Indeed, Galaxidi is a year lengthy destination, ideal for brief weekend escapes or long term vacation.

From Galaxidi you can easily reach other well-known vacationer destinations, including Delfi (the naval of the world), Arachova, Itea, Nafpaktos.Galaxidi is a coastal metropolis of 1718 residents, set in Parnassida area of the prefecture of Fokida, Central Greece. It is positioned at the north bay of Corinthian Gulf, at the western aspect of the gulf of Itea.The nice points of interest of Galaxidi are:
The Church of Agios Nikolaos, well-known for its extraordinarily ornate wooden temple
The Church of Agia Paraskevi, with its unique sun clock
The Monastery of Metamorphosis
The Old School
The Naval Museum
The windmill, from which you can recognize the awesome view
The mansions of the town
During your live in Galaxidi you can enjoy opportunity out of doors sports and sports, consisting of cycling, hiking, diving and sea kayak. There are extremely good mountain climbing routes, just like the Plaka field that is considered the various great in Europe. The place round Galaxidi are also best for paragliding, offering lengthy-haul flights in the course of the yr. Finally, the calm waters of the Corinthean Gulf are perfect for swimming, boating, fishing and water sports. Sailing instructions for youngsters are delivered by the Sailing Club of Galaxidi.

If you manifest to locate yourself in Galaxidi on Pure Monday (also referred to as Clean Monday, Ash Monday), the movable feest that happens at the beginning of the 7th week before Orthodox Easter Sunday, you may witness a totally vintage custom, reviving each year on that particular day. It is called "Alevromoutzouromata" and is known to bring collectively Greeks from all over the country. Residents and visitors turn out to be one and both the market and seaside quickly become a battlefield, with participants throw lampblack and flour, even on unsuspecting!

Having Galaxidi as a begin point, you could easily go to other well-known locations, which includes the arcaeological site of Delphi, Arachova, the ski middle of Parnassos, the traditional settlement Chrisso, the Olive Groves of Amfissa with the over 1,000,000 olive trees, the National Park of Parnassos and the Fokida Mining Park. Unique dishes are to be tasted in Galaxidi, which includes filled squid, kelemia, musell risotto, galatosalad and the delicious "kontosouvli". For dessert, choose many of the conventional nut pie, the ravani or the home-made sweets.

Buy neighborhood products like honey, jams, wine and hand-made candies.

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