Euboea – Around Limni and Prokopi: central northern Euboea – Around Prokopi: Dafnousa (W);Pili and Sarakiniko (E); & Pagondas (S)
Dafnousa (West); Pili and Sarakiniko (East); & Pagondas (South) Prokopi is at the meeting-point of several roads. To the west, a road leads towards the eastern slopes of Mount Kandili, [...]
Euboea – Lake Dystos to Karystos, and around Mount Ochi – general
Lake Dystos to Karystos, and around Mount Ochi (Karystos = 0.0km for distances in this section) Dystos and Agia Triada Approached from any angle, the landscape of Lake Dystos (59km) is like a [...]
Euboea – general
General The grandeur and beauty of Euboea’s landscapes are matched only by their constantly unfolding variety. The island is like a microcosm of all of Greece: the northern tip has the feel of [...]
Euboea – Chalcis, Eretria & Amarynthos – Chalcis (Halkida)
Chalcis, Eretria & Amarynthos Chalcis (Halkida) (Chalcis = 0.0km for distances in this section) Chalcis—‘Halkida’ in demotic Greek, and ‘Negroponte’ to the Venetians—is the capital of the [...]
Euboea – Lake Dystos to Karystos, and around Mount Ochi – Styra
Styra Between Lake Dystos and Styra, is a spring (54km: 4km south of the main Koskina junction), whose water is locally much-prized, beside the road beneath the church of the Panaghia. At 50km [...]
Euboea – history
History Running parallel to the eastern coast of mainland Greece for almost 180km—and often called ‘Makris’ in the Byzantine period because of its considerable length—Euboea all but encloses a [...]
Euboea – Chalcis, Eretria & Amarynthos – The Euripus
The Euripus The Euripus is the name given to the narrow stretch of water which separates the land mass of Euboea from the mainland of Greece at its closest point, where it is less than 40m from [...]
Euboea – Lake Dystos to Karystos, and around Mount Ochi – History – Drakospita
Drakospita These remarkable, and often beautiful, megalithic constructions are unique to Euboea—which in itself is an odd fact. There are over 20 of them which have been identified on the island, [...]
Euboea – Aedipsos, Orei, and the NE – Aedipsos
Aedipsos, Orei, and the North East (Loutra Aedipsou= 0.0km for distances in this section) (Car ferry connections to Loutra Aedipsoufrom Arkitsa on the mainland opposite, approximately every 30 [...]