To the east lies the bay of Agia Effimia, and to the west it borders on the peninsula of Paliki.

The municipal unit Pylaros is subdivided into the communities Agia Effimia, Divarata and Makryotika.

In bygone days, many of the inhabitants of Pylaros were cheese-makers, and they travelled to Italy and Balkans to make cheese.

Agriculture is well-developed in regions next to Agia Effimia, but tourism is the most important source of income.

In the 19th century, many Pylarians were sailors, shipowners and merchants: they had many ships, and they travelled all over the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

Mycenean vases and huge walls from ancient fortifications have been discovered in Karousata, Logarata and Agia Effimia.

When Zeus gained power, he obliged Cronus to throw the rock in the site of Agia Dynati.

The time of Venetian occupation, probably saw the establishment of the first modern villages (Anomeria, Markata, Karousata, Antypata), and some families (Karousoi, Antypes) have been registered to the "Libro d' Oro".

Two of the last captains of the Democratic Army, Matthaios Kouloubis and Ilias Kougianos who were murdered at September 1949, were Pylarians.