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Amazing sightseeing in our area
The city of Patras is only 20km away and is the third largest city in Greece. Patras offers many options for shopping, visiting local markets, restaurants, bars and nightclubs. You can visit St.Andrew’s Cathedral, the Roman Odeon, the Castle of Patras, the Archeological Museum of Patras and Achaia Clauss, the oldest and largest winery in the region.
190 km away from Athens, you can day trip to the city of Athens, visit the Acropolis and the Archeological Museum and still get back in time for a swim in the pool to cool off from the hustle and bustle of the big city.
141 km from the hotel is the birthplace of the Olympic Games. A must see for history lovers, the archeological site of Ancient Olympia offers a glimpse into life in ancient Greece and the culture of the Olympian Games that took place here nearly 3000 years ago. You imagine the crowds roaring when entering the stadium.
In the second millennium was one of the major centres and a military stronghold which dominated southern Greece.
2 hours ans 28 minutes drive (149 km distance)
The impressive archeological site of Delphi, home of the Oracle of Delphi. Located 120km away on the opposite side of the Corinthian Gulf in the mountain of Parnassus, this ancient religious sanctuary built in 8th century BC is a perfect day trip. Across the Rio Bridge past the city of Nafpaktos and the island of Trizonia you can add stops for lunch or a swim for the perfect day trip.
Spanning the western end of the Gulf of Corinth between Peloponnese and Western Mainland Greece , the Rio-Antirrio Bridge is, at 2,880 metres, among the world’s longest multi-span cable-stayed bridges.
It is also definitively the longest bridge of its kind in the world to be fully suspended.
The bridge opened in August 2004 and crosses not far from Patras to the town of Antirrio on the mainland, overcoming both the gulf’s deep water and the constant seismic activity in the region.
The bridge has more than 100 sensors, measuring anything from seismic tremors to the deck’s thermal expansion.
Before this structure was completed the only way across was by ferry, and by road the Isthmus of Corinth 130 kilometres to the east added hours to journey times.
Only two bridges in the world have longer cable-stayed decks: China’s Jiaxing-Shaoxing Sea Bridge and the Millau Viaduct in France.
In Patras’ hilltop upper town, close to the castle is a Roman conservatory for musical performances, built during the rule of Emperor Augustus at the turn of the 1st century AD. With a brick facade on its south wall, the Odeon was connected to Patras’ Roman Forum and was actually built some time before the Odeon in Athens.
Successive earthquakes, wars and invasions took their toll, almost destroying it and burying it under the remnants of other buildings.
The Odeon was rediscovered by accident in 1889, and the restoration continued up to 1956. Now partially made with modern material the Odeon has a capacity of 2,300 and is used for music once more, notably at the Patras International Festival every summer.
Between 17 January and Clean Monday, the first day of Great Lent (48 days before Easter) on the Orthodox calendar, you can catch one of Greece’s most famous street spectacles.
The Patras Carnival is unique in the country, and is one of the largest in Europe with a riot of masked balls, games and parades attended by tens of thousands of people, as well as all manner of unofficial side events.
The things you have to see are the opening ceremony on 17 January, the Children’s Carnival with 5,000 participants on the penultimate weekend, the Saturday night parade, the Grand Parade with satirical floats on the final Sunday and the closing ceremony, illuminated by fireworks.
Also on the final weekend there’s a treasure hunt, in which the various groups taking part in the parades compete with each other, solving riddles and questions to find clues around the city.
Forming an intricate ecosystem alongside the lagoons and Prokopou lake, the Strofilia Forest at Kalogria on the Gulf of Corinth is one of the largest in the Mediterranean. It spreads over 80 kilometres square or 20,000 acres. Cone, pine, myrtle, oak and other trees make up this forest which goes all the way to the coast. This is where the careta careta turtle lays its eggs, beside a natural fish farm. Numerous animal species roam the forest, which is a Ramsar protected area for birds as well.
66km from Florida Blue Bay is the beach of Kalogria, one of the most picturesque beaches in the northwest of the Peloponnese. Sand dunes and warm crystal clear shallow waters are the reason most locals visit this beach so it does get crowded during the weekends.
The little hidden island of the Corinthian Gulf. The island of Trizonia is only a 5 minute boat ride from the mainland. It is a beautiful and relaxed island covered in trees. There are no cars on this little island which adds to the traditional atmosphere but you can explore the whole island by foot easily.There are lovely beaches where you can swim in the crystal clear waters and have lunch in one of the restaurants by the sea.
The beautiful seaside town of Nafpaktos is most known for its rich history, the beautiful Venetian port that decorates its center and the Castle which one can visit with a beautiful stroll through town.It also offers great sunset views of the Rio Bridge.
