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Modern Description: At 2.7km, the road divides; to the left, is the fishing village of Palí, dominated to the east by the huge Pantelides Thermal Establishment—now an empty shell with vestiges inside evocative of its former glory. In front and to the west, the sea is slightly warmed by still existing springs which rise at between 33°–44°C at source.
Directly inland of the centre of the Pantelides building, 50m from the shore and a little below ground level, is the charming church of the Panaghía Thermianí—a tiny chapel, with the remains of a wall-painting in the apse, built into the corner of the remains of ancient Roman thermal baths dating probably from the 3rd century AD.
Sediment and earth has now filled up the Roman buildings to the level of the point at which the vaults spring; but the fine, brick-ribbing of the vaults themselves is still visible and complete, and there are remains of stucco decoration.
The hot springs are now blocked but beside the chapel is an aghiásma or ‘sacred pool of water'—cold and slightly salty, but reputed to possess curative qualities.
Wikidata ID: Q38283302

Info: McGilchrist's Greek Islands

(From McGilchrist’s Greek Islands, © Nigel McGilchrist 2010, excerpted with his gracious permission. Click for the books)

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