Capital: Livadia

Overview

Viotia, next to Attica Prefecture, is an ideal holiday destination both in the winter and summer. It has amazing natural beauties combining landscapes of fertile plains and rivers with picturesque villages, gulfs and ski centers. There are also important archaeological sites, ancient and Byzantine monuments. In Viotia there is for sure something for everyone.

 
Best Viotia Sights:

• Ancient Avlis (Avlida)
• Cheronia, with the ruins of the acropolis and the theatre
• Jerusalem Monastery
• The ruins of "Ismenios Apollo"
• The Byzantine Monastery of Osios Loukas
• St. George's Chapel
• Orchomenos, with the Byzantine Church of the Assumption of Virgin and a vaulted Mycenaean tomb, "Treasury of Minyes"
• the ancient Oracle of "Zeus Trofonios" in Livadia
• a medieval castle on the hill of Profitis Ilias in Livadia

Places to visit:

• the Springs of Forgetfulness and Memory (Lethe and Mnemosyne)
• Thebes (Thiva), with Platees, the sanctuary of Kabeirians, the Mycenaean Acropolis Gla or Goulas and Tanagra, with its renowned terra cotta figurines
• the spring of Agii Theodoroi ("Fountain of Oedipus")
• Arahova
• Distomo
• Parnassos Ski Centre

Best Viotia beaches:

Distomo beach, Andikira, Agios Isidoros Vathi Avlidas, Faros and Sarandi beach.

Special Events:

The very lively Easter festivities taking place in Livadia are famous all over the Greece. In the spring don't miss a huge celebration on St. George's day (April 23^rd) in Arahova where unique local customs revive.