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Pro
Big Port Town, great shopping, interesting sites
Con
Big Town, Lots of Traffic, Difficult to get around.
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Not A Great Place to be for Too Long
strimpak Says: I am a post-graduate student and I live in Patras. When I firstly came at Patras I knew only about the well known places to go. But I didn't have a clue where to go to eat delicious plates or to go shopping. After a year I discovered two very usefull sites that in a superb...
JessieLang Says: The Rion-Antirion Bridge goes across the Bay of Corinth and connects the Peloponnese with mainland Greece. It is almost 9,500 ft long, and is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world. It is in an area with a lot of seismic activity, and it was built to accommodate that...
"The Municipal Gallery of Patras"
INSULARIUS Says: It is really a pity that few people know this "jewel": the Municipal Galery of Patras.It was founded in 1988 and is housed on the ground floor of the Municipal Library, besides the Old Town Hall, a location with many historical memories.The Municipal Galery of Patras boasts...
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mindcrime Says: This is probably my favorite café in Patras. The atmosphere is amazing, a small place (hard to find a free table) that looks like an old house with old furniture for decoration. There’s a balcony upstair, great spot if you find a free table.They have great hot chocolate, I...
mindcrime Says: Stone bar is a nice small rock club 5’ away from Agiou Georgiou square. There are several nights with live music (there’s an entrance fee, that usually includes a drink). They serve draft or bottle beer and several long drinks. The stage is small and spreads behind the main...
Entos Ektos: Ag.Nikolaou street
mindcrime Says: The famous Agiou Nikolaou street (pic 1) is full of cafes, they are always packed with people so choosing where to sit depends on just where you will find a free table. All the people sitting at the outdoors tables, enjoyed their coffee and drinks. We just choosed a free...
mindcrime Says: Patra is located 212 km away from Athens, at NW part of Peloponese peninsula at Achaia prefecture. From Italy and Corfu you will reach Patras by boat (pic 1). The boat stops also at Igumenitsa and then goes to Italy. Check map at pic 2. From Athens you can go there by:1)car....
painterdave Says: We tried two ferry companies, both using Patras/Ancona. Superfast was way above the other one by comparison, even though we were given an upgrade on our return trip. (Both companies seem to be now joined together as one, but still using their old name.The food on Superfast...
SirRichard Says: There are many daily buses to/from Athens (Terminal A of Athens, Kifissou St) that go through Corinthos (nice view of the channel while crossing it) that take about 3 hours. 12,90 euros.The buses leave Patras from the Local Bus Station, by the harbour, almost in front of the...
Aitana Says: Since August 2004, a bridge connects Patras, with the mainland. The bridge crosses the Gulf of Corinth between Rio, near Patras, and Antirio, on the opposite shore. The bridge was named after Charilaos Trikoupis, a prime minister who first suggested the idea of linking the...
johngayton Says: This is really a getting "from" tip as what I was doing was getting the train to Athens.Outside the dock there is a taxi rank where the guys are hustling for business and especially looking for an Athens fare which is handy if you have luggage. The other alternatives to get...
Local Super Market: Souvenir Time
painterdave Says: What does it mean when you drive your car onto a ferry? It means you can bring more and bigger things home, that you cannot bring on a plane anymore.Our list included the brands of Greek beer that we cannot get in Italy, different brands of olive oil, strings of garlic and...
mindcrime Says: If you want to buy some music there are some record stores in Patras. They are local small stores of course that try to survive from the internet :) I’m more into vinyl records so my favorite one is UPSTAIRS (Gerokostopoulou, tel:2610222354) that has a nice collection of old...
farmers’ market: farmers’ market
mindcrime Says: Every greek city has several different farmers’ market. There’s no difference with Patras, there is at least one every day (on different streets of course so to cover different areas of the city).The one we visited takes place every Saturday at Kolokotroni street (although...
Aitana Says: Karagiozis is a shadow puppet, the main character of Greek shadow-puppet theatre.It seems that shadow theatre comes ultimately from Indonesian or Chinese traditions. It was later established in Asia Minor. From there, it seems to have come to mainland Greece at the 19th...
"The International Festival of Patras"
INSULARIUS Says: As a major Greek city-the third Greek city by its population size-the Municipality of Patras organizes every summer an interesting festival, dedicated to music, dance, theatre, cinema, painting.The "strong points" of the festival: its venues, like the famous Roman Odeon, and...
mindcrime Says: Rio is a suburb of Patra. It is located about 7km away from the city towards Athens. For many years we used to take the ferry to cross to other side (mainland Greece) but since 2004 the amazing Rio bridge is a better much faster alternative. The bridge is officially called...
Plucked String Orchestra Municipality of Patras
tak_pap Says: 6th EGMYO-Meeting 2006 in Patras / Greece8-17 April, 2006The 6th meeting of the European Guitar and Mandolin Youth Orchestra (EGMYO) is taking place in Patras / Greece from 8 to 17th april 2006 (arrival at Saturday 8 april and departure at Monday 17 april). The Patras...
Aitana Says: There is a medieval fortress in Rio, on the cape near the bridge connecting with mainland Greece.The fortification was built by Beyazit II in 1499. In 1532 it was taken by Andrea Doria, admiral of the Spanish Navy, and then taken again by the Turks, the Knights of Malta and...
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It was a weird weekend for the locals.
The first Patras International Circuit Kart took place on September 19-20, 2009 and I noticed many people staring at the strange tiny cars that was going in circle around Vas.Georgiou square (3 blocks from east to west, from Ag.Nikolaou>Maizonos>Patron>Korinthou).
Some main streets like Korinthou and Maizonos were closed at that part and it was nice to see the race (the other days it’s full of cars anyway). Of course, as usual some local old ladies were at their balconies screaming about the noise of the cars :)
About 100 drivers from all over Greece came and transferred the city into a small Monaco for a while :) By the way, the local authorites gave 75,000 for putting new asphalt on the streets.
Written Mar 10, 2010
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