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Patras Greece

Patras is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of Western Greece, in northern Peloponnese, west of Athens. The city is built at the foothills of Mount Panachaikon, overlooking the Gulf of Patras. Patras' core settlement has a history spanning four millennia, in the Roman period it had become a cosmopolitan center of the eastern Mediterranean. Dubbed as Greece's Gate to the West, Patras is a commercial hub, while its busy port is a nodal point for trade and communication with Italy and the rest of Western Europe. Every year, in February, the city hosts one of Europe's largest and most colourful carnivals. It was European Capital of Culture in 2006. MAIN TOURIST ATTRACTIONS • Rio-Antirio bridge officially the Charilaos Trikoupis bridge. • The Archaeological Museum. The museum has startling architecture, including an entrance made of silver-hued titanium that is shaped like a flying saucer on steroids. • The Roman Odeon. • The Faro which is the symbol of the city. The lighthouse has a cafe underneath it with a large television where they broadcast mostly soccer games for people to come and watch while enjoying a beverage of their choice. There is a playground right outside of the cafe for children to play in. The cafe is next to the water, so one can sit next to the windows and enjoy the waves crashing against the wall. • The Turkish hot baths. • Plateia Yioryiou (George Sq.). Sit at a cafe and take in the facades of the handsome neoclassical theater and banks on the square. • The Municipal Galery of Patras, founded in 1988 housed on the ground floor of the Municipal Library, beside the Old Town Hall, a location with many historical memories.

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