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What to do and see in Palairos, West Greece: The Best Things to do
Palairos (Greek: Πάλαιρος) is an ancient city and a modern town in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform Palairos is part of the municipality Aktio-Vonitsa, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 205.843 km. The municipal unit was formed as the independent municipality Kekropia in 1994 from the former communities Palairos and Pogonia, and was expanded with the former communities Vatos, Plagia and Peratia as a part of the 1997 Kapodistrias reform. The name was changed to Palairos in 2004.
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1. Odysseus
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Odysseus est. 1980, is one of the first family owned and run yacht charter companies in Greece, providing stress-free sailing holidays in the Ionian islands. We offer: - Bareboat yacht charter for experienced sailors - Flotilla Holidays ideal for less experienced sailors and a wonderful experience for families sailing with children. The highly experienced flotilla skippers give daily area briefings and tips, assist at berthing and any other kind of eventual technical issue etc. In others words full support. Our clients say: "They take care of you.." - Skippered Charter for inexperienced sailing fans as well as experienced sailors, who would like professional support from a skipper The Ionian sea known as the "yachtsman's paradise" with its magical islands and sheltered bays and areas is ideal for sailing holidays for families. It provides not only beautiful flat water sailing, but also unsheltered areas for those seeking more challenging conditions.
2. Lucky's Rentals
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5.0 based on 12 reviews
Renting a bicycle or scooter is one of the most popular, fun and easy ways to explore the village of Palairos. But don't stop there! Our adjacent towns of Mitikas, Bonitsa, Lefkada & Preveza are just a short ride away. So do something exciting and get to riding around on one of Lucky's bicycles or scooters! We also carry children bikes and baby seats carriers.
3. Viticulture & Winery Gerokostopoulos
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5.0 based on 6 reviews
Enjoy the excursion to our local winery in Paleros which has been active since 1861. The wine expert and owner will giive you a tour in the vineyard and wineyard, explain the wiine procees and give you a taste of various organic wine followed by Greek traditional meze!!
Reviewed By kibethewalrus
We had tour of the vineyard by the charismatic host followed by a lovely buffet and a chance to try his best wines accompanied by fabulous local organic produce. We had a great time and the wines were lovely, came away with a few clinking bottles and a promise to return. I can't recommend this highly enough, even my well travelled in laws were blown away by the service and hospitality shown by our host as well as the lovely wine! Hope the other guests don't mind being pictured!
4. Ammos All Day Beach Bar
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5.0 based on 11 reviews
Reviewed By vasilikigotsi
very friendly beach bar,CLEAR SEAwith tasty food,nice coffee,and very kind and fast service.. WC,WIFI,PARKING
5. Vathiavali Beach
6. Ancient Palairos
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4.5 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By george45 - Perth, Australia
Ancient Palairos (also known as Kechropoula) is located NW of the Town of Palairos (Paleros) and is 11 kilometres by road. The best way to reach the ancient ruins is to drive from Palairos north along the main road towards Vonitsa. About 6 kms from town on the left will be a sign directing you to the Ancient City ruins. Just follow the signs through the rural area (that in itself is interesting when you come across a farmer driving his sheep along the road for milking or another driving his Water Buffalo to do the same). Just be careful as the road is narrow and winding. An alternative way but longer and less clear is from the Town of Pagonia which is located west of Palairos. There is a Ticket Office now at the site and an entry fee of 4 Euros from memory is all that it costs to enter the site. Can't remember the actual opening hours but I think they were 10:00 AM to about 2;30 PM. Near the office there are boards explaining the history of the city and providing some information about what to see on the site. The Ancient City is believed to be of Mycenaean origin possibly dating from 600 BC and obviously a powerful and important city at its zenith in the 3rd Century BC The city population was forcibly relocated to the new city of Nikopolis (east of the current city of Prevezza north of Vonitsa) built in 31/30 BC after the Battle of Actium and the victory by Octavian Augustus over Marc Antony and Cleopatra. The city walls are over 2 kilometres in length partly built with polygonal building blocks of gray limestone. Lengthy sections of the walls remain with several stairs to the top of walls intact and several of the city gates remain with defensive towers in various states of ruin. The site has only been partially excavated mainly near the city gates and the soil returned in place so as not to encourage looters. . One of the interesting areas is the ancient agora to the right as you enter the main city gate closest to the ticket office. The city was built on a steeply sloping site and to explore the whole takes time and effort. The easiest area to visit is closest to the main gate where the site is less steep. Worth at least a couple of hours walking around exploring. Take water.
7. Vounaki Marina
8. Potamaki
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