Aspra Spitia
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Lo que dice el Arxiduc:
“The port of Aspra Spitia is one of the safest and prettiest you can find. It features a large, wild hill in the south, with a cape formed by the slopes of Mount Kephali covered in mastics, junipers ( Juniperus phoenicea), gorse, aromatic wood spurge, and small Kermes oaks with thorns ( Quercus Coccifera).”
“Near the hill with olive trees behind the hillock towards Aspra Spitia’s port, we find a small scoglio outcropping that’s chipped and covered by bushes. In front, a rocky hill rises up surrounded by traces of old walls climbing up the slope and crowing the rocks above. The walls also contain small bits of a type of substrata or foundation made from bricks. Conglomerate rocks form a double point on the cape with a flat and round crest covered in wood spurge, some wild olive trees and junipers. There is also a small valley with a short beach between the two peaks on either side. In the place where the point forms towards Aspra Spitia, the cape reveals other inclined, destroyed and marked slopes.”
Datos proyecto Nixe III:
Aspra Spitia Bay is found just after Galixidi Bay continuing along the northern end of the Gulf of Corinth. Coming in from the front, we can see Aspra Spitia. To the left is the town of Andikira and, to the right of the bay, an aluminum production plant.
We lay anchor in Andikira to climb up Mount Syro, just as the Archduke did. In Andikira we can see some houses, restaurants and a small pebble beach. We find Andikira’s church a bit removed from the center and on the way to Mount Syro.
There’s a short detour on the climb up to Mount Syro taking you to the Temple of Athena, a small temple on the side of the hill and from where there is a pretty view of the bay beyond the olive trees.
On top of Syro is the church dedicated to the Prophet Elijah. There is also a pretty view of the bay from here, and, on the other side, we can see Cape Trakilos.
We head now towards the other side of the bay and towards Aspra Spitia where we see a large pebbled beach. Today, it’s a tourist resort consisting of apartment buildings and a campsite. Just next to the beach is a path, though so close to the sea that it keeps the beach from regenerating itself. This is a common problem found on many Mediterranean shores.
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