Saints Constantine and Helen Orthodox Metropolitan Church One of the most brilliant and beloved destinations in southern suburbs, an absolute choice for amusement and relaxation, is Glyfada. Glyfada, famous coastal suburb, southerly, belongs in Athens Prefecture. Long years ago Glyfada was named Aixoni. The region was well known for a traditional regional fish, named “barbouni”, that was fished in Glyfada’s sea. In the beginning of the 20th century, Aixoni was renamed as Glyfada, due to a water well, which had brackish water.