Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Pireás
Pireás
Pireás
5
Vathí
Souvála
Vayia
Temple
of Aphaea
Ancient
Aegina
Áyios
Nektários
Paleohóra
Mesagrós
ÉGINA TOWN
Ómori
Ekklisía
Ayía Marína
Alónes
Theotókou
Khryssoleondísis
Pahiá
Ráhi
Marathónas
N
Anitséou
Pórtes
Ellaníou Dhiós
Eyinítissa
Mt Óros
(532m)
Vláhidhes
Pérdhika
Moní
0
3
Sfendoúri
kilometres
Kípi
ÉGINA
Méthana, Póros & Ýdhra
Destinations
Angístri (6 hydrofoils and 1 or 2 ferries daily,
plus Angístri Express 2-3 daily except Sun; 15min); Pireás
(from Égina Town 12 hydrofoils and 15 ferries daily,
40min-1hr 30min; from Ayía Marína 1-2 ferries daily, 1hr
15min; from Souvála 1-3 daily, 40 min); Póros (via
Méthana 2-3 ferries daily; 1hr 15min).
INFORMATION
Services
There are numerous banks around Égina Town
harbour, many with ATMs. The post office is at the rear of
Platía Ethneyersías, where the buses stop. Most of the
harbourfront cafés have wi-fi; Global Internet Café at
Fanerómenis 7, just of the southern end of the waterfront,
has plenty of terminals and fast connections.
Newspapers
Foreign-language papers and a few books
from Kendrou Typou, on Eákou at the corner of Spýrou Ródhi.
Useful
website
There's
no
tourist
office,
but
W
aeginagreece.com is a useful resource.
Travel agent
Aegina Island Holidays (
T
22970 26430,
W
aeginaislandgreece.com), on the Égina Town
waterfront near the church of Panayítsa, offers
excursions to the mainland and islands, including to the
Epidaurus festival, as well as help with accommodation
should you need it.
GETTING AROUND
By bus
The bus station is on Platía Ethneyersías,
immediately north of the dock; buy your tickets at the little
booth, in summer located on the waterfront, the rest of the
year in the square by the bus stop. At least five buses a day
(mostly in the morning) head to Souvála and to Ayía
Marína, at least six along the coast to Pérdhika; on arrival
they turn round and head straight back. All buses towards
Ayía Marína stop at Áyios Nektários and most at the Temple
of Aphaea; on the return journey, they all stop at both.
By car and motorcycle
Several places on and behind
Égina Town's main waterfront rent scooters, cars,
motorbikes and mountain bikes - Égina is large and hilly
enough to make a motor worthwhile for anything other
than a pedal to the local beaches: Trust (
T
22970
27010), one of the first you come to behind the
harbour, has the best prices, though some of their
mopeds are fairly battered. There are also hire places in
Ayía Marína.
By taxi
The taxi rank is at the base of the ferry jetty,
opposite the ticket cabins; taxis meet ferry arrivals in Ayía
Marína and Souvála too.
