Kea
The Cyclades island closest to Athens, with oak woods, stone paths and a lion carved from rock near Ioulida. The Bronze Age site of Agia Irini is on the coast near the harbour.
- Where
- Korissia, South Aegean, Greece
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 37.6125, 24.3400
Get the Kea stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Kea. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your South Aegean volume with your photos and a note.
Near Kea
Sounion 28 km
A rocky headland at the southern tip of Attica, topped by the columns of a Temple of Poseidon built around 440 BC. Sailors passing the cape would see it from far out, and it is a popular place to watch the sunset.
Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion 28 km
A Doric temple dedicated to Poseidon on the tip of Cape Sounion, at the southern end of Attica. Built around 440 BC, it stands on a cliff above the Aegean and is a famous place to watch the sunset.
Syros 53 km
A Cyclades island whose capital Ermoupoli grew rich in the 19th century and has grand neoclassical buildings and a town hall by Ernst Ziller. The medieval hilltop town of Ano Syros is Catholic.
Serifos 53 km
A rocky Cyclades island with a hilltop Chora, a handful of sandy beaches and old mining tunnels. In myth it is where Perseus grew up and later turned a king to stone.
Lake Vouliagmeni 53 km
A small brackish water lake south of Athens, fed by underground currents seeping through the mass of Mount Hymettus. Its water stays warm at around 22 degrees Celsius all year, and swimmers use it for its mineral properties.
Kaisariani Monastery 61 km
A small Orthodox monastery on the north side of Mount Hymettus, close to Athens. Surrounded by pine woods, it dates from the 11th century and has a Byzantine church with later frescoes.
Panathenaic Stadium 66 km
A horseshoe shaped stadium built entirely of white marble, rebuilt in 1896 for the first modern Olympic Games on a site used since antiquity. It can seat around 50,000 people and is the finish of the Athens marathon.
Lyceum 66 km
The site of the school founded by Aristotle in 335 BC, east of the centre of Athens. Excavations from the 1990s uncovered the remains of a gymnasium and exercise ground in a small park.
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Questions
Where is Kea?
Kea is in Korissia, South Aegean, Greece. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Sounion (28 km), Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion (28 km), Syros (53 km).
How do I get the Kea stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Kea and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your South Aegean volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Kea before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your South Aegean volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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