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Museum
Archaeological Museum of Igoumenitsa
Museum opened in 2009 covering the history of Tesprócia, from the ancient cities of the region to the Byzantine period, organized into five thematic sections.
Epiro · Greece
Igoumenitsa
In the destination Corfu.
In the photo: View of the bay of Igoumenitsa
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
What to expect from Igoumenitsa.
Igoumenitsa is the port city of the Epiro, in northwest Greece, facing Corfu, and the capital of Tesprócia. Destroyed in World War II, it grew around the port from the 1950s: ferries from Italy arrive there and those to Corfu depart. It has a waterfront with cafés and the archaeological museum. To the north lies the beach of Drepano and, to the south, the coves and islets of Syvota. Inland, the Aqueronte River, the river of the dead in mythology, has springs with a trail through the water and, near its mouth, the Necromanteion. Greek is spoken.
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The local experience
What to see in Igoumenitsa
Beach
Drepano Beach
Long stretch of sand on the northwest side of the gulf of Igoumenitsa, between the sea and a lagoon, a few minutes from town.
Village and beaches
Syvota
A fishing village south of Igoumenitsa, with coves of clear water, islets covered in pines and beaches such as Bella Vraka, connected to a small islet by a sand spit.
Nature
Acheron Springs
The springs of the river Acheron, near the village of Glyki, with a trail that follows the riverbed, through cold water, between rock walls.
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Archaeological site
Necromanteion of Acheron
Hellenistic ruins on a hilltop near the mouth of the Acheron, identified in the 1950s as the oracle of the dead mentioned by Homer and Herodotus, an interpretation now debated.
Rotas entre países
Igoumenitsa is part of the Italy–Greece ferry across the Adriatic
From Puglia to Greece by sea: overnight ferries depart from Bari and Brindisi and arrive in the morning at Igoumenitsa, in Epirus, or continue to Patras, the gateway to the Peloponnese.
