Golfo de Corinto

“From the marina you can take one of two paths up to the falaises cliffs where Aeyon is located above a high plain. One path starts near a flour and oil factory with a tall, rectangular chimney and where we find a 14-horsepower English steam engine which moves the entire dam. On the ground floor we see the mill with its double stones to press the olives, along with other tools to produce oil. After a short walk, the path turns around a corner where there is a primitive streetlamp. From here, no only do you have a marvelous view of the wharf but also of some houses below and a mill found on the beach with a wood, horn-shaped tube to move water. With the help of some wooden sticks on top of a ditch made of wooden planks, the water is guided towards the mill.”

   

“Though exposed to the winds from the northwest, Vostitsa (Aigio) offers the best anchorage along the southern coast of the gulf. Under the houses located at the feet of the rocks are a few cafés and taverns. One of the houses has been built directly in the rock, and its caves are used as warehouses. Plane trees provide shade there. One of them is very old, half-hollowed out, with a 13-meter diameter, making it one of the biggest attractions in Votitsa. On the side is Metaxi Vrys, a wall with 15 arches and an ogee arch in the corner where water gushes down from some hollows, flowing like a river to the nearby sea [women tend to wash clothes there]. These springs offer very good water and are a godsend for the ships seeking to refill their water tanks due to the springs’ proximity to the shore and the ease with which sailors can replenish their barrels.”