Igoumenitsa is a city in Epirus.
Igoumenitsa is a main gateway to Northern Greece, being the arrival port of many ferry services from Ancona, Bari, Brindisi, and Venice in Italy. It's also the starting point of "Egnatia Odos", a modern motorway which ends to the Greek–Turkish border at Kipoi, providing a fast access to Thessaloniki and Istanbul.
With a population of around 25,000 people, Igoumenitsa is a relatively large town, close to some pleasant beaches.
KTEL intercity buses 📍 operates 5 daily trips to/from Ioannina and 2 daily trips to/from Thessaloniki. The nearest rail hub is Larissa, change bus at Ioannina to get there. Also buses to Parga (via Sivota) but no services on Saturday or Sunday.
ANEK Lines,Superfast Ferries and Minoan Lines operate a daily service from Ancona, Bari and Trieste. Grimaldi ferries sail from Brindisi to Igoumenitsa twice a day.
There are hourly ferries to Corfu (1.5h) from where you can catch speed boats to Sarandë, Albania (30min). Account for delays when choosing this option to cross from Albania to Greece or vice versa.
Igoumenitsa lies on the EuroVelo cycling routes EV8.
Igoumenitsa is the beginning/end of the Greece section of the European hiking trail E6.
The actual city mainly spreads 2.5km along the coast from the International ferry port terminal 📍 in the south over the domestic terminal 📍 (next to the actual city center) up to the archeological museum 📍 in the north.
You can walk all distances in town in half an hour.
Igoumenitsa operates a station based bike sharing system Cyclopolis with stations at least at both ports. To register you need a credit card. You'll get a 7h free ride upon registration which is enough for a nice half day trip to Drepanos Beach (see next section) on the cycle path.
Radio Taxi Igoumenitsa (dead link: March 2023) costs 1.25€/km (as of August 2022). They also drive long distances (e.g. Athens) and to the __Albania__n border Mavromati/Qafë Botë (40€) or further to Sarandë for 105€.
A taxi is 10€.
North of the domestic terminal there are plenty of restaurants and tavernas.
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