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Last-minute Loutraki

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Eleftheria Alavanou
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Athens and Loutraki are just eighty kilometres apart, with Loutraki being one of Greece’s best-known spa towns.

First stop: the municipal thermal baths, housed in the white semicircular building adorned with mosaics by St. Xenopoulos and his students.

Second stop: the modern hydrotherapy centre (Loutraki Thermal Spa) for a restorative dip in the thermal pool.

Third stop: Omega 3 for shrimp in garlic butter and sea bass carpaccio.

All that’s left is the casino!

The Sun mosaic
1934 building
The semicircular building of the municipal thermal baths was designed based on a study by L. Bonis. It stands on the rock from which chlorosodic-radon thermal water springs at a temperature of 30.5°C–32°C.
Exterior colonnade
Drinking therapy
Nereid mosaic
The pool at
Loutraki Thermal Spa
Filled with thermal water
Carpaccio for two
Shrimp in garlic butter

From Loutraki, Lake Vouliagmeni and the archaeological site of the Heraion are just a stone’s throw away.

The Temple of Hera, overlooking the sea
Gazing out over the Corinthian Gulf
St John the Faster chapel, on the path to the Heraion
Hanging votive offerings (?)
Saint Mamas, patron saint of animals, riding a lion
Sunbathing on the beach below the Temple of Hera
The arched cistern of the Heraion
Lake Vouliagmeni, Corinthia, just before the summer season begins
Spring 2026

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