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Great place for a short visit! The view is great from almost everywhere! It's got a castle up on the hill and a lot of great shops on the sea side. Simply walking around town and along the shores will reward you with interesting experiences.

Chalkida is one of the most beautiful coastal cities of Greece, and as the capital city of Evoia Island, can host most adequately even the most demanding tourist!! Along the trendy Promenade, tavernas. grill bars, cafes, beach bars and restaurants are there to satisfy your culinary needs, also offering a very relaxed and sophisticated atmosphere! The Archaeological, the Folk & Byzantine Museum, the Karababa Castle and the newly operated Arethousa Museum, will surprise you with the plethora of their exhibits, not to mention its 8 magnificent Churches, the Jewish Synagoge and the Old Mosk, all situated within a 4 klms ratio only!! Evripos Bridge is "the jewel on Chalkida's crown", uniting Evoia Island with the coast of Voiotia (Kanithos or Karababas), where underneath its unique structure a rare and spectacular phenomenon reoccurs every 6 hours, for thousands of years now..!!!! Last but not least, we have to mention the clean beaches and the 2 family friendly organised "blue flag" beach resorts which offer unforgettable seaside time to all their visitors (Asteria and Alykes) !! Chalkida is most definately a city to go again and again, since you can never get enough of her beauty and mysterious atmosphere..!!!!!!

There are many dining options all within walking distance of the center of town. If you like dessert, there coffee shops, gelato stations, bakeries and numerous other places to satisfy your sweet tooth. It's a extremely relaxing area with boating, hiking and swimming options. I highly recommend spending 3-5 days in Chalkida!

Halkida is a nice old town with strong historical ties to the Republic of Venice, as it is the case for many other locations in Greece. There are a few nice attractions to visit in the city, such as the castle (φρούριο), the sea light tower (φάρος) and certainly the many beautiful orthodox churches around. The city centre has been almost entirely restored and it is now nicer to have a walk in and look at the many shops, both in the shopping area and in its paralia (the seaside). A good number of restaurants can be found in the paralia or on the other side of the bridge; the nicest ones are in my opinion a bit more hidden and slightly out of the city centre. Everywhere there's the possibility to eat snacks of different kinds, such as crepes (the Greek crepes are by far better than crepes made elsewhere in Europe). Halkida presents good connections with other locations in Evvia, such as the seaside area of Kimi/Limni, including the Sporades islands and several other village-sized towns.

Asteria beach is close to Dirfion and we paid only 1 Euro the water. Conditions are great. Delphin restaurant has higher prices but the food is great and so the staff. Carrefour is very close to Dirfion street and you can save some money. Stavento is a great place with nice music, with a beautiful view. Metochiatis restaurant has great food, good prices (we paid about 30 Euro for 3 people dinner and we were full)

We stayed with family so our stay was longer than 3 weeks.Had the awful experience of seeing homelessness graffiti everywhere, and lots of conjestion traffic and no traffic police. Smell of sewage and human waste in the abandoned building of the Palia Agora. The poverty is evident and stores out of business due to the economic crisis of 2011. Chalkitha on the up side has an amazing blue star rated beach Asteria newly reopened with cabana service, beach bar and full service restaurant. The boardwalk is still the place to see and be seen on a Saturday night with night entertainment and outdoor concerts at the Stavento café by the "red house". Ice cram and frozen yogurt at Chill Box, all the eateries to choose from, make this an exciting place to be. Not to mention the "crazy water" Paliria that turn direction every 6 hours. at the old bridge linking Evoia Island to Attica over the gulf of Evripou. Two other blue flag surrounding beaches worth visiting are Allukes and Lefkanti. They have perfect clear turquoise azure waters beach cafes and life guards on duty( best to visit during the week to avoid all the crowds ). Every day is a fine day in the summer here the climate is unbelievable, sunny no rain and dry heat. Don't miss the islands patron St. Paraskevi 7 day festival July 26th!