Aegina (Town), capital of Aegina Island, was once seat of the Greek government during a short period (1826-1828) of the Greek War of Independence.
The photo above is the harbour. The ancient commercial port of Aegina was situated at the same place. In the town there are many neo-classical buildings as you see in the photo right.
Nikos Kazantzakis, probably the most famous writer of the modern Greece, lived here once, and his house is still preserved. He wrote "Zorba the Greek" here in 1964.
The bus from Aegina Town to Saint Nektarios Monastery, Aphaia Temple, and Agia Marina departs right in front of the boat and ferry port. As an example, I put here the timetable of the Summer 2006 (you need to check it on site, as the schedule is subject to change). In the left column is the bus from Aegina Town to Agia Marina, and the right is the one from Agia Marina to Aegina Town.
When we visited Aegina in the Summer 2006, it was very punctual, but in 2002, the bus that we were waiting for did not depart because of mechanical problem and we had to wait for 1 hour for the next one. In general, the buses used in Aegina are quite old and probably this kind of trouble is inevitable.
Alternatively, there are also taxis and rental bikes.
The most popular beach of Aegina is Agia Marina, but if you cannot make it there, there is Kolona beach virtually inside the Aegina Town.
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