Nydri

Nidri (Greek Νυδρί (n. sg. ), Also transcribed as Nidri ) is a village of 1,199 inhabitants ( 2011) on the Greek island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea.

Location

Nidri is located approximately in the center on the east coast of Lefkada. Upstream are the Tilevoides ( Taphische Islands) and in the south, named after the place Geni peninsula. Transport is available to the south of the island to Vasiliki and north to Lefkada over the Greek National Road 42

Past

The natural double harbor in the east, a protective ring-shaped mountain range and numerous karst springs made ​​the plain of Nidri since the Early Bronze Age settlement a coveted place on Lefkada. The remains of a settlement site yielded an excavation of the German archaeologist Wilhelm Dörpfeld at the beginning of the 20th century.

1963 bought by the shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, the island behind Madouri Skorpios located about two kilometers away and made ​​it a meeting place for the jet set. Since that time, Nidri saw some international guests. In the harbor there is a statue Onassis '. In the village is a monument Dörpfeld Wilhelm, who died in 1940 here.

Presence

Today Nidri is a busy summer resort with a number of guest beds.