Patras

Patras is a city ​​of passage , where one basically arrives - especially by sea - and then continues elsewhere. A shame, considering, however, that it is a place full of history with several things to see.

Especially in the upper part (Ano Poli)  where there are both the fortress (Kastro) and the Roman theater (Odeon). The first, originally built by the Romans, was subsequently modified by the Turks, Byzantines and Venetians; the Roman theater, on the other hand, was discovered at the end of the 19th century.

We also know of the latter that it was built on a pre-existing Greek structureand which was later heavily modified to make it suitable for hosting cultural performances, which in fact still happens today.

Closer to the port are the Church of Sant'Andrea and the Municipal Theater of Apollo, while if you want to take a trip out of town, many recommend the Diakopto - Kalavryta rack railway.

Diakopto is a coastal town about fifty kilometers from Patras, while Kalavryta, which is about 80 kilometers from Patras, is a charming mountain village famous, as well as for its natural beauty, for the massacre of civilians perpetrated by the Nazis in 1944.

Last but not least, we remember the Rion Antirion bridge . The distance from Patras in this case is about 12 kilometers, but the infrastructure is worth a visit: it is, in fact, the longest suspension bridge in the world and has significantly shortened traffic between the Peloponnese peninsula and mainland Greece.