The Gold Book of Arachova | Page 207

• A walk on its central lively beach (Agora), with its cafes and traditional taverns, and the anchored yachts as a background! From there it is worth going up for a while, to the settlement with the picturesque alleys and the beautiful captains’ mansions! • Visit the Folklore Museum, housed in a unique building by K. Aggelis, with artifacts from the traditional culture of Galaxidi. • A visit to the Nautical Museum, one of the best in Greece, with rare historical nautical artifacts. • Admire the masterpiece woodcut altarpiece with images from the Old and the New Teastament, in the Church of Saint Nickolaus. • A walk in the verdant grove, at the end of Pera Panta street, which is full of pine trees. There you will find two ancient monuments, the Tomb of king Lokros (a proto-Christian catacomb finding) and ruins from the walls of ancient Oianthi. • The Church of Saint Paraskevi (a 16th century building) with the zodiac circle on the floor and a sundial in the yard. • Mamma square with the characteristic Spilia (“cave”), a natural geological phenomenon that served as a communal fridge during the German Occupation. • The monastery of the Configuration of the Savior on a nearby hill, at an altitude of 300 m. • The Old Girls’ School, a preservable neoclassical building from 1880 that housed a girl’s school until 1929! • Return during the Carnival, to live in the beat of one of the most renowned carnivals in our country! 207