点评:We had a rented car, and this monastery was right beside the road when we returned to the town of Aegina after visiting the temple of Aphaia, so it made sense to stop here. It was a worthwhile stop.
We made the mistake of parking at the upper parking lot rather than the lower one right by the church, but actually this worked out well. (Parking is free at either location). It means that you start your visit in the area of the actual Monastery, which covers the upper part of the site. It is nicely landscaped and very quiet. Some areas are off-limits to visitors, of course. From here you make your way down past a small store and chapel, then walk down a series of landscaped ramps to get to the actual church. The best view of the church is actually from above, as you walk down the ramps.
The church itself is interesting and quite beautiful, but not old, having been built in 1904-1910. Right now much of the interior is covered with scaffolding. When we were there it was not crowded at all, but according to some of the reviews here it can be crowded at times.
I also learned something on this visit. There were an intriguing series of buildings visible on the hillside behind the upper parking lot. It turns out that this is the Archaeological Site Palaeochora of Aegina, an abandoned medieval town which was at one time the capital of Aegina Island. if I were to return, I would combine a visit here with a visit to the archeological site, which apparently is free to enter, and which can be visited by a one to two hour circular hike which starts from near to the upper parking lot. We did not have time to visit the site this time, but definitely will next time we are in Aegina Island. The site looks very intriguing.
翻译:我们租了一辆车。在参观完阿菲亚神庙后返回埃伊纳镇时,这座修道院正好就在路边,因此在此稍作停留是理所当然的。这次停留非常值得。
我们犯了一个错误:把车停在了上方的停车场,而不是教堂旁边的下方停车场。不过实际上这样也挺好。(两个停车场都是免费停车的。)这样一来,游客便可以从整个遗址的上部区域开始参观,也就是修道院所在的地方。这里的景观布置得很不错,环境也非常安静。当然,有些区域是不允许游客进入的。从这里出发,先经过一家小商店和一座小教堂,再沿着一系列精心设计的坡道下行,就能到达真正的教堂。实际上,从坡道上往下走时能从高处俯瞰教堂,视野最佳。
这座教堂本身很有特色且相当美丽,不过历史并不悠久,建于1904年至1910年间。目前,教堂内部的大部分区域都搭有脚手架。我们去的时候那里一点也不挤,不过从这里的一些评论来看,有时也会很拥挤。
这次参观还让我学到了一些东西。在上层停车场后方的山坡上,有一排十分引人注目的建筑。后来我得知,那里就是埃伊纳岛的古遗址帕莱奥霍拉,是一座废弃的中世纪城镇,曾经还是埃伊纳岛的首府。如果我再回去的话……我打算把参观此地与游览考古遗址结合起来。据说该遗址免费开放,从上方的停车场附近出发,沿着环形路线徒步一到两小时便可抵达。这次我们没有时间去参观,但下次再来埃伊纳岛时一定不会错过。那个遗址看起来非常有趣呢。