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Kamena Vourla (lit. “Burnt Rushes”) is a town and a former municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. The town was formerly known as Palaiochori.Kamena Vourla is located on the south coast of the Malian Gulf, 4 km (2 mi) west of Cape Knimis, which separates the Malian Gulf from the North Euboean Gulf. The Knimis mountains rise just south of the town. It is crossed by Motorway which connects Athens and Thessaloniki. It's the most known resort in Phthiotis Riviera well organized with lots of high quality services for our visitors. Sitiuated in the middle of Greece is the perfect destination neatr the sea but with a lot of alternatives near by like daily tour ot well known Delphi or Thermopylae or Meteora and even Acropolis.
Most of the residents are occupied in tourism domain mostly with accomodation or restaurants and cafe. Less residents are involved with agriculture.
The famous springs became important around 1926 when the chemist Michail Pertesis discovered the exceptionally high radon concentration in the water, which was thought of as a great value for people's health. Nearly ten years later (1930s), the first hotels started to develop. After World War II, Kamena Vourla was transformed into a famous tourist attraction.
8 kilometres (5 miles) away on the road heading uphill features the monastery known as Iera Moni Metamorfoseos tou Sotiros which was built in around the 11th century. Nearby the city a historic tomb is situated, a monument to the Battle of Thermopylae with a seal of Leonidas, King of Sparta, located not far from the mountain village Karya.
Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Molos-Agios Konstantinos, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.The population of the town proper was 2,796 at the 2011 census.
A municipality is a collection of towns and settlements in Greece. Molos-Agios Konstantinos was formed after the 2011 administrative division reforms by the combination of 3 towns, and each of these towns now represents a municipal unit. The towns are:
Agios Konstantinos
Kamena Vourla
Molos
