In ancient Greek mythology, the Goddess IRIS symbolized the rainbow and the route of the young messenger through the skies was paved in seven colors. One of the many different forms in which IRIS would descend to the earth from the sky, carrying the messages of the Olympian Gods to the mortals was that of the flower.

 

Lilies are called IRIDES by our people. These are the first flowers that flourish in the springtime that have a whitish or yellowish purple color. Lilies with purple and yellow hues usually blossom throughout the fields of Aegina.

 

Aegina island is one of the Saronic Gulf islands and it's distance from Athens and Piraeus, the main port of Greece, is 40 minutes by flying dolphin.

 

Narrow streets and traditional neoclassical houses welcoming every visitor. Enjoy a ride in horse carriages, visit the fruit selling boats and the fish market and taste the famous Aegina Pistachio.

 

Aegina reflects an accumulated historical energy of 5.000 years (first capital of modern Greece -1828). Some of the monuments you can visit are, the Temple of Aphaea, the Old Mediaeval Town, the sanctuary of Ellanios Zeus, the sanctuary of the Apollo Temple "of the Dolphins".