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alyf1961 Says: Katie and went on a boat trip to Igoumenitsa for a BBQ beach party in 2008.We had a great time "Theo" the captain of the boat took us to the beach then whilst we swam in the sea and lazed on the beach he and his crew set up a BBQ.The food was delicious, I had steak and...
JLBG Says: When you drive out of Igoumenitsa towards Ioanina, after 15-20 km, you get a very different landscape with several levels of mountains framing the valley. In the background, the Pindus massif and the mountainous Epirus vith first Ioanina and further, Metsovo and Kastoria....
JLBG Says: When the ferry sails northwards into the Corfu channel, it passes very close to the coast which is Greek for half a dozen kilometers and after that, it is Albanian. The following photos were taken along the sailing but I am unable to tell where is the border between Greece...
JLBG Says: The best sight of Igoumenitsa is when you have parked your car in the ferry and that, sitting on a comfortable (no matter if it is not that confortable!) chair, you leave the harbor and have the wonderful sight of the town getting smaller and smaller and disappearing behind...
JLBG Says: What to do in Igoumenitsa ?Nothing.NOTHING.Rien, que dalle, zero, nul.Niente.Nichts.Nada.Ništa.Gjä."Lasciate ogni speranza voi che entrate" (Dante Allighieri)(Leave any hope, thou who come in)The only hope is to get out!
nickandchris Says: A pleasant village on the coast with a little harbour, some tavernas and a long beach.When we were here in June it was really quiet and nobody about. We did wonder just when things got going. It is obviously a very Greek resort, the season being so late in starting.
JLBG Says: We had once a very early morning ferry and had to sleep, or at least spend the night in Igoumenitsa. We looked in the outskirts of the city for a hotel out of the city dust, dirt, crowd and noise. We did not find any really out of the city but found Hotel El Greco that was...
traveloturc Says: In this city you are always in a hurry because this is a transit city .If you have en ough time waiting your boat to ýtaly you can try the fast food restaurants aligning in the seaside Goody's is one of this restaurants...No big deal but sufficient
Any psistaria in Filiates: Any psistaria in Filiates
JLBG Says: This applies of course only if you drive.Drive in the direction of Ioanina by theE90-E92 road. After 10 km, in Parapotamos, turn left to Filiates (8 km)Filiates is a nice little mountain town, quiet, with two squares. On each square, there are several cafeneion with terraces...
traveloturc Says: There are a lot of shipping lines to Brindisi,Bari,Ancona,Venezia starting from Igoumenitsa the Corfu island is only one hour far from Igoumenitsa.I was very happy with the Ventoris ferries ...they were a little slow but never mind they are always efficient and safe ...
nickandchris Says: Ferries from Italy (Ancona, Bari, Brindisi, Trieste and Venice) arrive in Igoumenitsa daily. Some call at Corfu en-route where you can arrange a stop-over.Anek Lines leave from Ancona (15hrs.) and Trieste(23hrs).
Warning for all Greek locations!
JLBG Says: Toponymy in Greece is difficult.1 More often than in any other country, the same name will apply to several locations. 2 If you look at several maps, even considering only Greece designed maps, you will notice that the same place can be named differently.3 Even if the name...
nickandchris Says: Buses to Ioannina, (9daily) Parga (5 daily) Athens,(5 daily) Preveza (2 daily) and Thessaloniki (1 daily).
nickandchris Says: Other ferry companies that ply between Italy and Igoumenitsa are:- Minoan, www.minoan.gr, Superfast, www.superfast.com Ventouris,www.ventouris.gr Fragline, Hellenic, Agoudimos, Blue Star.Probably the best website to visit is listed below. This gives you info on all routes...
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At the peak of the season, Igoumenitsa is invaded by flocks of tourists that eventually search desperately for scarce, dry and yellow grass for a nap. Or for a pee…
Out of season (this photo was taken mid May) flocks of sheeps graze proudly on the abundant and green grass, fertilized by tourists…
Next season, flocks of tourist will come back and feed on grilled mutton cutlets and kokoretzi.
What next?
Written Oct 22, 2007
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Igoumenitsa has not only tourists and sheeps, according to this road sign, it has also children. On this road sign, amazingly, the tall boy (boys are always taller on school warning signs and always stand on the right!) has a smaller head than the little girl (girl are always shorter on school warning signs and always stand on the left!). Does that mean that she is wiser?
This is part of my “School warning road signs of the world” collection.
Written Oct 22, 2007
JLBG Says: If you disembark in Igoumenitsa, the first and only thing you have to do is to run away as fast as possible. Though, that will not be very fast as all the passengers of each ferry will try to do the same. You can drive southwards to Andirio and reach the motorway leading to...
JLBG Says: If you are going to embark on a ferry, since you never know how much traffic jam you will have, you have better arrive in Igoumenitsa in advance and check in at the office of the company of your ferry.Then, what to do?You can stay in Igoumenitsa, but, you are warned, it is...
Inland to Igoumenitsa, on a side road, we found a superb ancient bridge, most probably on the Thiamis river. Was it built by the Romans or was it built later, by the Byzantines ? I have not found any clue about it but I would bet for the latter. It is not used anymore and have been replaced by an ugly metal bridge that spoils the landscape as it is so close.
I have tried by every means to hide it for the photo but, on my best photo, there was still a little bit of railings popping. I allowed myself to Photoshop the recalcitrant metal bridge and here it is ! Photoshop dissolved the metal ! There remains only its shadow that I have chosen to leave as a testimony !
The second photo is just to show how it looks without any precaution ! I hope some day, a new bridge will be built a little further, more discretly !
Updated Nov 17, 2008
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Favorite thing: The bust of Napoleon Zervas stands in front of the old harbor of Igoumenitsa. At first, I thought it was a hero of the independence war but I found later that Napoleon Zervas had actually been a hero of Greek resistance to Nazi occupation during WWII. General Napoleon Zervas (1891-1957) was from 1942 to 1945 the leader of a main Resistance Movement, the EDES (National Republican Greek League).
Written Oct 22, 2007
Igoumenitsa, The Start and End Of Our Adventure
In 1997 we visited Greece on an overland trip from England. It was early April, the week before Easter, that we arrived in Igoumenitsa on Ventouris ferries. We sailed during the night, leaving Italy...
Igoumenitsa is a port city in northwestern Greece. It is the capital of the prefecture Thesprotia. Its original ancient name used to be Titani. This is a picturesque small town with lots of green (the...
I loved Igoumenitsa a lot because of its flair which it has even maintained in winter: nice shops and shopping streets, a beautiful vivid street along the coast with restaurants and a promenade of...
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