Leaving Corinth , you can take the coast road all the way to Patras. You reach Akrata , a coastal village, set in lush surroundings on a crystal clear sea. This was the site of ancient Aigai.
In the hinterland, a sight worth seeing is the post-Byzantine monastery of Agia Triada , which has well-preserved mosaics. Next, come Platanos, Trapeza , verdant hamlets, and Diakofto.
This is where the funicular railway leaves for Kalavrita. Continuing along the coast road, you see the roofs of one village after another poking through the unbroken green of the hillsides. Dominating the city from on high looms the ruined shell of the castle, whose grounds have been transformed into a park. From here you have a view of the whole city and the sea beyond, and quite a lovely panorama for all to see!
Lodging- If you do need to stay, the main concentration of hotels is on Ayiou Andhreou, a block back from Othonos Keh Amalias. The best is possibly the Patras Palace Hotel 4 star Tel. Eating- try the Troufa Patras on Patreos 83, for fine international fare, or Labyrinthos on Poukevil 44, Patra, a cozy restaurant serving fabulous Greek traditional meals and snacks.
Traveling Around: Innumerable agents along the harbor road, Othonos Keh Amalias, sell different ferry tickets to Italy. En route to Italy, it is possible to make stopovers on Kefalonia , Paxi and, most commonly, Igoumenitsa or Corfu. Individual tickets to any of these islands are also available. Heading to Delphi , take local bus 6 from Kandakari, five blocks back from the waterside to the Rio-Andirio ferry, cross over and take another local bus to Nafpaktos and then a regular bus from there.
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Private Life has jewellery and everyday utensils from Mycenaean, Geometric, Archaic, Hellenistic and Roman Greece, a whopping collection of 14 Roman mosaics, as well as partial reconstructions of Roman houses from around the city.
Public Life is loaded with coins, statues, musical instruments, amphorae an yet more mosaics, all painting a clear picture of society in Ancient Patras. The Necropolis deals with the tombs and the objects within them, found in Patras and around Achaia. Three whole graves have been reconstructed, two Mycenaean from the Voundeni cemetery near Patras, and one Roman. Successive earthquakes, wars and invasions took their toll, almost destroying it and burying it under the remnants of other buildings.
The Odeon was rediscovered by accident in , and the restoration continued up to Now partially made with modern material the Odeon has a capacity of 2, and is used for music once more, notably at the Patras International Festival every summer.
The church is a pilgrimage site for Christians the world over as it contains the purported relics of St Andrew, one of the 12 Apostles. In a chapel to the rear on the right side are fragments of the cross on which he was martyred, as well as a finger and the top of his cranium. The piece of skull has been at the Agios Andreas since when it was sent from Rome and received with great fanfare. Also take in the sumptuous neo-Byzantine mosaics on every surface, admiring the Madonna with Child behind the iconostasis.
Also at the top of the city, one of the first things that will strike you about the castle is how far you can see over Patras and the channel. A long list of cultures and civilisations have either besieged or taken the castle, among them Slavs, Moors, Normans, Franks and Venetians. The Ottomans were in charge from the middle of the 15th century and later in the 17th-century Morean War, the Venetians wrested it from them for almost two decades before the Turks regained control, in
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