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7 bay at Loutrá Giáltron, more
warm spring water mixes with
Loutrá Edipsoú the shallow sea at a quiet and
Λουτρά Αιδηψού STAY lovely beach, which is edged
⌂ 100 km (62 miles) NW of by a number of tavernas.
Halkída @ n 22260 23500
Thermae Sylla Hotel
Loutrá Edipsoú is Greece’s époque monument has 8
and Spa
largest spa resort, popular
EXPERIENCE The Sporádes and Évvia town, and many hotels are therapeutic treatment ⌂ 88 km (55 miles) SW
An “anti-stress” hotel,
Stýra
since antiquity for its cure-all
this renovated belle-
sulphurous waters. These
Στύρα
waters bubble up all over the
every imaginable
of Halkída
built directly over hot springs
at its hot-springs spa.
The hill village of Stýra has an
that supply their treatment
⌂ Loutrá Edipsoú
rooms. In the rock pools of the
engagingly decorated kafenío
∑ thermaesylla.gr
at its central junction, from
public baths by the sea, steam
¡¡¡
where a side road leads down
rises in winter, scalding the
to the seaside resort of Néa
red rocks. Dominating the
town is the luxurious belle-
Stýra. From there, a ferry
époque Thermae Sylla, which
offers wellness and medical
and most scenic route to or
from the mainland.
natural, mineral-rich spring
treatments that use the
waters. These luxuries are offers the cheapest, shortest
reminders of the days when
the rich and famous came to 9
take the cure. Other Neo-
Classical hotels along the Prokópi
seafront also recall the Προκόπι
town’s glory days of
the late 1800s. Today, ⌂ 52 km (32 miles) NW of
Loutrá Edipsoú, Halkída @
with its relaxed Sleepy at most hours, Prokópi
atmos phere, is only wakes when buses arrive
popular with Greek full of devout Orthodox
families. Across the Christians coming to worship

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