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Spetses,
It
is the last of the Saronic Gulf islands, 53 nautical miles from
Piraeus, with a great history and the privilege of National recognition
for its vital role during the Greek revolution against the Ottoman
Empire.
There
are a lot of remarkable historic sites, which are maintained
with love and care.
The
Museum of Spetses situated at the mansion of Hatziyiannis Mexis
(one of the wealthiest leading activist of that era), the main
mansion of Laskarina Bouboulina that now is a private museum,
and the historical monastery of St. Nicolas.
Traditional
sites missing from other parts of Greece, decorate the village
of Spetses. The famous ship yards with their wooden keels, the
mansions of the great captains and admirals from the last century
with their own characteristic architecture, the churches in the
neighborhoods, built after the Byzantine Empire, the horse and
the buggies.
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