A stream in the subsoil was discovered to contain rich healing waters in temperatures up to 40 Celsius, and now, development plans are in place for Attica’s first officially-recognized Thermal Springs Centre. In 2018, the council spoke to the local elderly who remembered a ‘foul-smelling spring’ as children near the current municipal tennis court. The existence of medicinal hot springs in Ano Glyfada has been the stuff of folklore for decades. Glyfada used to be called ‘Aixone’ in ancient times and was considered the ‘spa town of Attica’. The fruit is toxic, but no one told the Nazis this when they bit into them mistaking them for Valencia oranges during the occupation. The Municipality of Athens had planted thousands of these ‘Seville’ orange trees, the ‘Nerantziá’, all over Attica. Their budding white blossoms puff a sense of promise every spring with their green, neroli scents. In the 1950s, Glyfada was not the grand old dame of the Athens Riviera that it is today, but some things haven’t changed, like the Bitter Orange trees. A few fun facts about this sleepless coastal suburb you didn’t know!ĭID YOU KNOW that Glyfada became popular among the Athenians in 1957 when the development of the Athens Riviera started with the creation of Asterias Beach which was sometimes featured in Greek Finos Films classics? Here are other five-fun-facts about Glyfada’s history that you may not have known! ‘Nerantziás’ For a bit of sepia-tinted retro charm and obscure history, Anna Roins suggests diving into Glyfada’s glamorous past.
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