Glyfada
Sea Turtle Rescue Center.
Greece's only turtle rescue. Since 1994.
The only sea turtle rescue centre in Greece, run by ARCHELON from old railway wagons at the 3rd Marina of Glyfada. Since 1994, roughly 70 injured turtles a year — hooked, entangled, injured by boats — come here, recover, and return to the Aegean. Tours by appointment: 45 minutes, groups of eight.
ARCHELON has been protecting sea turtles in Greece since 1983. In 1994, they opened this rescue centre at the 3rd Marina of Glyfada — building it into a row of old OSE railway wagons that the municipality offered up for the purpose.
The logic is simple: boats, fishing lines, plastic waste, and nets injure turtles. The turtles come here. ARCHELON vets and volunteers treat them, rehabilitate them, and return them to the Aegean when they're ready. About 70 a year. Over 700 released since the doors opened.
Seventy injured turtles a year, back to the Aegean. Tours by appointment, groups of eight.
The tour runs Monday to Friday in the afternoon, weekends all morning. Small groups, a 45-minute walk through the wagons, close to the tanks. The €60 donation covers ten days of a turtle's care.
Not a typical venue. Worth putting on the itinerary.
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