Lechaio (Greek Modern: Λέχαιο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -n), also: Lecheo or Leheo older form: Lechaion, Leheon, Lechaeum, Lekhaion is a community in the municipality of Assos-Lechaio in Corinthia. Distances are about 4 to 5 km W of Corinth, SE of Kiato. GR-7 is west of the community hall.
The community has a school, a church, a train station that is located north of the centre, a beach with a campsite [1] (http://www.camping-blue-dolphin.gr/English), a small airport and a square (plateia).
The area is filled with mixed farming along with olive groves, citrus groves, pastures and other fruits and vegetables and some forests. The mountain of Acrocorinth lies to the southeast.
This place had an ancient harbor and had connections of a small harbor in Schinouda, now Kalamaki in the Saronic Gulf. The old naval base of Atratinus was probably in Lechaeum. An ancient road the marble-paved Lechaion Road which was connected with Corinth.
It was connected in historic times with its western port of Lechaeum by two continuous walls, with Cenchreae and Schoenus on the east by chains of fortifications.
By the side of the Lechaeum road, near the steps leading to the propylaea, were found in deep diggings thirteen early Geometric vases.
On the Lechaeum road, on which a bewildering wealth of fountains and statues is enumerated, only the Baths of Eurycles below the plane tree were found; deep diggings were made into them, and the foundations of the faade laid bare.
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