Maisonette next to a sandy beach

The ancient port of Kechries in Corinth (Kenchreai in ancient Greek) was one of the two important ports of the area in ancient Greece. Corinth was a powerful ancient Greek city-state, 90 km southwest of Athens. Kechries served the ships coming from the Saronic and the Aegean sea, the eastern part of Corinth whereas Lechaion port served the ships coming from the Corinthian Gulf, Ionian islands, and Italy. The ports were named after Lechis and Kechrias, the sons of Poseidon, the god of the sea in Greek mythology. Imagine how it must have been thousands of years ago, long before the Corinth Canal (the Isthmus of Corinth) was excavated and engineered (the canal started working in 1893). Kechries beach has the reputation of being the best beach in the Saronic Gulf. The waters of Kechria are crystal clear and cold, just what you need to cool off on the hot days of the Greek summer. The sea is shallow for quite some distance after you set off to dive, you and the younger members of the family will thoroughly enjoy it.