The beach of Agia Marina is the longest sandy beach on Aegina island, its shallow water makes it an ideal beach to visit with small kids. From the middle of May until the end of September you can hire sunbeds with umbrellas, paddle boats and canoes or play volleyball in the water! During the summer, events and various parties are organised. This year, Agia Marina will host 3 Jet Ski championships.

Food and drinks
Right on the beach there are 2 small restaurants, Galaris and Akrogiali, having their chairs and tables on the sand. They are open from the early morning till late at night. In summer, Akrogiali has regularly live music. Other restaurants are located right next to the beach side, some with a superb sea view. At the end of the beach you will find a beach cantina. Those who fancy nice cocktails, good music and dancing must visit the Barracuda Beach Bar.

Agia Marina church
At the end of the beach you will see the small white church of Agia "Saint" Marina, where the village found its name. Every year, on the 17th of July, the church of Agia Marina is celebrating its name day. On the evening of the 16th of July, Agia Marina is really busy. In the afternoon a procession/ "panagiri" is held where people are walking from the big church in the centre towards the small church on the beach. Lots of locals visit the small church to attend the ceremony and light a candle. A market will be held and there will be live music and fireworks in the harbour area below the church.

Jet Ski
For the last 2 years, Agia Marina has been closely connected with Jet Ski champigionships. This year, the bay of Agia Marina will be the stage for 3 different championships. On the 29th of May a unique Jet Ski race will take place: The Acropolis Jet Raid. The competitors will start in Sounio at 12:00 and will head to Agia Marina (where they do a course around some buoys), they will go back to Sounio, return to Agia Marina and will finish in Sounio. Total distance of the race is 176 km. During the weekend of the 18th/19th of June, the first race of the National Championships will be held and on the 27th/28th of August the fourth race.

The arrival of Goddess Afea
On the 27th of August, you will be able to watch a live performance on the Agia Marina beach. Like last summer, the arrival of Afea will be performed. The performance will start on the beach and will end at the Temple of Afea. Afea was a beautiful Cretan woman who escaped from Crete, as she didn't want to get married with Minos. A fisherman from Aegina rescued her, fell in love and wanted to marry her, but Afea didn't want to marry him and she headed from the village of Agia Marina towards the mountain top where she vanished at the current site of the temple. It is said that the fisherman established a shrine, believing Afea to have been taken by the gods. Afterwards Artemis made Afea a Greek goddess and she was worshipped exclusively at the temple.

Agia Marina holiday village
The beach of Agia Marina was one of the first beaches that had been developed for tourism on Aegina in the sixties. In those days, donkeys (how romantic!) were transporting the tourists that arrived by boat from the beach (which had only one taverna and a couple of houses) to the temple of Afea and back. Since that time the beach of Agia Marina has been transformed to the biggest organised one on the island and the village became a populair tourist destination both for foreigners and Greeks. Agia Marina is still a populair holiday village, with many returning foreign visitors although the big crowds have disappeared. Agia Marina has a very Greek atmosphere as lots of Greeks are spending their weekends & holidays at their holiday homes.

Junta souvenir
The bay of Agia Marina is dominated on the south side by an old concrete unfinished building. This is a souvenir from the time that the Junta was ruling the country (1967-1974). They had planned to make at that spot a big hotel, however they never managed to finish it during their years of power. Unfortunately nobody after 1974 has managed to finish it, nor did anybody manage to get rid of it .... At the moment it is serving as a home for goats and sheep ....

Sun and moonrise
From Agia Marina beach you can watch the sunrise as well as the moonrise. Especially in summer the full moonrise is spectacular. A big red ball is coming out of the sea!

Accommodation
There is plenty of reasonably priced accommodation available at the Agia Marina beach side.