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Aegina · GR

Cape Plakakia Lighthouse

On the low, rocky cape where Aegina's northern shore curls toward the Saronic Gulf, the Plakakia Lighthouse has marked the island's western tip since 1881. A short, whitewashed cylinder of local porous stone, it is one of the oldest working lighthouse monuments in the Argosaronic, and one of the easiest maritime landmarks to reach on the island — barely a kilometre from Aegina's bustling main port. Beside it stands the tiny chapel of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and across the glittering water you can pick out the little island of Agistri. Loved by sunset walkers, families and anyone curious about Greece's seafaring past, this is a small site with a long story: built for a harbour light, wrecked in the war, automated after it, and in 2019 formally recognised as a Monument of Modern Greek History.