{"id":10210,"date":"2020-09-21T12:47:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T10:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/by-ctel-in-the-diamonds-of-preveza-in-two-days\/"},"modified":"2020-09-21T12:47:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T10:47:03","slug":"by-ctel-in-the-diamonds-of-preveza-in-two-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/by-ctel-in-the-diamonds-of-preveza-in-two-days\/","title":{"rendered":"BY CTEL IN THE DIAMONDS OF PREVEZA IN TWO DAYS"},"content":{"rendered":"

For years I wanted to visit the Acheron River, the Necromanzeum and ancient Nikopolis, being a lover of mythology, mysteries and ancient monuments. However, the few short organized excursions offered this summer included only Acheron in their program. So I decided to take some time to organize an excursion based solely on travel by bus for the longer distances and on foot for the shorter ones.<\/p>\n

We got tickets on the first morning itinerary to have useful time for sightseeing. Getting on the coach, we were surprised how much space we had available to us. The Rio-Antirrio bridge and the changing landscape was an amazing experience. The kind driver gave us a piece of information that proved to be very useful. He told us to get off before the bus terminal in Preveza, in Ancient Nikopolis and then to call the bus station to get the bus to take us to our destination, Ammoudia.<\/p>\n

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So we did. Five hours and five minutes after we left Athens, we arrived at the remains of the ancient city named after the victory of Octavius after the naval battle of Aktio in 31 BC, against the fleet of Cleopatra and Antony. After visiting the amazing houses with mosaic floors, the Odeon, the Aqueduct and the “vast” walls, we walked for about 2.5 km and arrived at the New Nicopolis Museum.<\/p>\n

The small inconvenience was worth it because the grave goods found in the tombs along with many other findings are unique treasures and the staff of the museum is very helpful.<\/p>\n

As the driver had told me, we called the bus station and the white van that runs the route from Preveza to the coastal villages picked us up right from the door of the museum.<\/p>\n

After about an hour and a half and having passed by many amazing tourist resorts and countless beaches with happy bathers, we arrived at Ammoudia. Although we had not booked a hotel, we were lucky because after a little searching we found the best one. Big, castle-shaped, freshly renovated and with a swimming pool that we used up.<\/p>\n

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In the morning, after a delicious breakfast, we swam at the beach with its shallow, crystal clear waters. Then we went boating in Acheron. After we gave our money to the boatman, as the souls of the dead who were going to Hades did in ancient times, we set off for a unique route “drowned” in greenery. Greenish-marble shiny dragonflies were flying from lily to lily. Swallow nests were woven into the bushes and beaver nests dug on the river banks. Where the river Pyrifleethon meets the Acheron, the boatman took water to put it on our hands and face to become strong.<\/p>\n

I think we did get strong because after finishing the boat ride we managed to walk 4 kilometres to Mesopotamos where we saw the Necromanzeum, where people from all over the ancient world came to talk to their dead, and the ancient Ephyra.<\/p>\n

After an amazing lunch, we walked for 7.5 km to the bus station in Kanalaki. A unique route along the river, with the only stop for photos being the bridge at the village of Kastri. In Kanalaki we found the most hospitable person in charge of the company who told us everything about the past and the present of the wider area and made us promise that we will return to see the ancient Kassopi, the places of King Pyrrhus.<\/p>\n

Then, we took the bus from Parga to Preveza and then to Athens, carrying with us the best memories that no organized excursion to the area could have given us…<\/p>\n

Katia Augustatou<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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