Salamis island

Salamis or Salamina is the island of the historical ancient sea battle where the Greek ships destroyed the Persian Armada of King Darius in C5th BC. It is also the hometown of the famous Greek hero Ajax and also Euripides. Salamina has many archaeological sites and monasteries worth visiting.

The quickest way to get to Salamina is by going to Perama, a suburb of Piraeus, and cross the one mile of sea by the small ferry boat service, or, if all goes to plan, you can cross over the bridge connecting Salamina to Perama which is due to be completed in 2004.
Salamina has a surface of 95 square kilometres and a coastline of 104 kilometres. Its capital city is called Salamina and there are many coastal resorts with nice beaches for swimming. These include Selinia, Peristeria, Kaki, Vigla, Blue Limanaki and Mulki.



Useful telephone numbers:

City Hall 210 4646000
Port Police 210 4651130
Ferry boats from Perama 210 4413178
Health Centre 210 4651711/4652120/4651888