Evia & the Sporades - Greece - page 1199

Information
Several ATMs cluster near the corner of Venizelou and Voudouri.

Hospital ( 22210 21902; cnr Gazepi & Hatzopoulou)
Post Office (cnr Karamourtzouni & Kriezotou;

8am-2pm Mon-Fri)

Tourist Police (

22210 77777)

Getting There & Away
From Halkida, buses serve Athens, Ioannina and Thessaloniki. Regular trains also con-
nect Halkida with Athens, and an express service with Thessaloniki.
From Halkida KTEL bus station ( 22210 22640; cnr Styron & Arethousis) , 3km east of
the Old Bridge, buses also connect to the following destinations on Evia:

DESTINATION FARE TIME FREQUENCY

Eretria €2 25min hourly

Karystos €11.70 3hr 3 daily

Kymi Town & Paralia Kymis €8.50 2hr hourly

Limni €7.90 2hr 3 daily

Loutra Edipsou €12 2hr 1 daily

Steni €3 1hr 4 daily

Eretria Ερέτρια
POP 3220
From Halkida, the first place of interest for travellers is Eretria, which has a small har-
bour and a lively boardwalk of fish tavernas, cafes and beach bars.

Sights
West of the ancient acropolis are the remains of a theatre with a subterranean passage
once used by actors to reach the stage. Close by, the Archaeological Museum of Eretria
(admission €2; 8.30am-3pm Tue-Sun) includes the fascinating House of Mosaics , dating
from the 4th century BC and the 8th-century BC Sanctuary of Apollo .