The great Greek poet Angelos Sikelianos lived in the area for about 20 years. In 1916 with his first wife, the American Eva Palmer, he completed the construction of a villa, a building with a unique architecture, in his property in Sikia. In the late ‘50s this property was bought by the ship owner Spyros Typaldos who created the first organized tourist enterprise in Greece and in combination with his shipping company, pioneered in the development of the Greek tourism industry.