Igoumenitsa is next to Patras and Piraeus the main ferry port of Greece..
From and to here ferries depart from Venice, Ancona, Bari, Brindisi and Corfu within Greece, Paxos and Antipaxos.. The city is the capital of the prefecture of Thesprotia and is located in the region of Epirus..
Immediately behind the new ferry port begins the new A2 motorway, Eganatia Odos, which connects Igoumenitsa with the Turkish border..

History

For a long time - until 1913 - Igoumenitsa was a fishing village with 500 souls ruled by the Turks.. That changed abruptly when, after the Second World War, the completely destroyed town was completely rebuilt as a modern city and turned into a major ferry port..
The ferry port itself also experienced rapid change..
Was he until the 60s of the last century rather small and provincial designed for smaller ships and boats, so was the end of the 20th century.. started with the enlargement and deepening of the port..
Today, big ferries from Western Europe land here and carry several million passengers a year, a significant economic factor for the troubled country..

After the highway, the 2nd major thoroughfare is the southbound National Highway 6 «E55», a beautiful coastal road that crosses Parga, Ammoudia.. Loutsa leads to Preveza..

Other

Igoumenitsa has

* a health center «tel: 26650-24420, 24421», which is connected to the Filiates Hospital «tel: 26640-22203»
* a German Honorary Consulate headed by Mrs. Kerstin Lohr, email hk-igoumenitsa
linos-travel.. gr, phone +30.. 26650. 24847
* many banks, pharmacies, shops and even more travel agencies to book ferry tickets
* the supermarkets such as Lidl, Carrefour etc are located on the main road leading north out of the city..
* The Drepanon beach is the house beach of Igoumenitsa and has a campsite, as well as a pitch that is sometimes tolerated out of season

{bold} Please note

Also Igoumenitsa, like Patras, still has a problem with refugees from Third World countries.. In the port area, these people try to get into trucks and / or RVs / caravans, but also by planning trailers and boats to make a passage to Italy..
Not only these people themselves, even the unsuspecting driver gets great trouble, should this succeed once, but in Italy land on the landing
Therefore, everyone urgently advised his vehicle BEFORE driving the ferry to Italy thoroughly inside, Check outside and down

     


~fritz14~fritz~womo66~, 2018-01-05