The beautiful village of Lefkandi is located within a distance of 10 kilometers away from Chalkida. It is situated on the Lelantine Valley, next to the town of Vasiliko. It offers an excellent frequented beach, alongside which there are some great coffee shops and restaurants. It combines ideally entertainment with relaxation, cosmopolitan with picturesque, ancient ruins with modern buildings. The name of the village is said to have originated either from the aspen trees (“lefka” in Greek) along its beach or from “lefkolithos” (a type of white stone), that used to be mined from mount Lefko in Afrati and then carried to Lefkandi to be shipped.