Aegina · Around Aegina Town · Greece

Temple of Aphaia

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9/10

best: morning, spring

awe-inspiring, contemplative, ancient

A local would say...

A 2,500-year-old temple so perfectly preserved that even the columns have their original proportional refinement — stand inside it and feel small.

A spectacular well-preserved Doric temple from around 500 BC, considered one of the finest examples of ancient Greek architecture. Set atop a pine-forested hill on Aegina island with sweeping views of the Saronic Gulf. The temple's pediment sculptures once displayed at the Munich Glyptothek are among antiquity's greatest.