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Salamina is
the largest island
of Argosaronic islands,
95km2 extension and 39.000 population, and the quickest possible
island-hop from Pireas. The island itself is highly developed, has few tourist
facilities and is close enough to the Athenian dockyards to make swimming
unappealing. The island's port is at Paloukia, facing the mainland, just a
short hop across a narrow, built-up isthmus to Salamina Town,
the capital, on the West coast. Five kilometers or so beyond Salamina Town,
Eandio has the island's cleanest and most attractive beaches. A similar
distance from Salamina
Town to the North, the
monastery of Faneromeni is a working nunnery with impressive frescoes,
beautifully sited amid pine woods overlooking the mainland. Salamina is
well-known by one of the most significant sea battles of ancient times.
