Before we went to Athens I only knew about Aegina because I had watched one of Jamie Oliver’s TV shows, Jamie does Athens. He visited the Greek island, explored it and cooked all sorts of delicious, yummy food. Then and there I decided that we needed to see this island ourselves.
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When we found out we would travel to Athens, we knew Aegina would be our day trip. It was so nice to get out of the noisy city full of dust and breathe fresh, salty air within only 30 kms away from Athens.
To make the Greek mythology short, Zeus, who was the father of gods, fell in love with the god Asopo’s daughter (he had 20 daughters!), who was of course very beautiful and her name was Aegina. Zeus kidnapped her and took her to the island of Oinoi. There, they had a son called Aiakos and the island was named after her. Aegina was also Achileas and Aiada’s hometown and they were both two of the most important heroes in the war of Troy. In historical terms, there is evidence that the island was inhabited from as early as 3500 B.C.
You can read my article about Aegina Island on the site of The Travel Belles here.
Port of Aegina
Aegina is famous of the export of pistachio
Temple of Aphaia
View from Temple of Aphaia
Picnic lunch
Agios Nectarios Temple
Chilled frappé coffee
More posts about Athens:
Athens Basics
Athens: Lycabettus Hill and Acropolis
Athens Central Market
