🇬🇷 9 Reasons you need to visit Patras, Peloponnese Greece

Patras is the 3rd largest city in Greece, and located in the Peloponnese. It is a port city and has ferries serving Italy and the Ionian Islands.

Located about 3 hours drive from Athens, it can also be reached by Ktel bus and tours.

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Patras was established as a Roman City specifically for access to Italy, and has a long history from this time. It is fairly unique in the Peloponnese as it is a town with no Acropolis as a result.

Being a large city, Patras has good Shopping, restaurants and night life.

The Patras Carnival, held in January and February, is the largest in Greece and one of the largest in Europe, and whilst having occurred for 180 years in Patras, Greek Carnival has it routes in a spring Pagan festival celebrating Bacchus, the Roman God of wine.

Perhaps most famously in AD 60 Saint Andrew the Apostle was crucified by the Romans in Patras, and on this site there now stands the largest Church in Greece, St Andrews, with a capacity of some 5000 people.

Patras has as a result some fantastic Roman buildings, including an Odeon and Roman Stadium, as well as a Byzantine castle built on the site of an old Roman Temple and Church.

There is also a good coastal walk and Beach

00:00 Introduction
00:18 Ferries to The Ionian Islands & Italy
01:15 Patras has a Beach
02:16 Roman Patras
03:10 Patras Coastal Walk & Marina
03:55 Saint Andrew & Patras
04:45 Good Shopping
05:48 Patras Castle
06:46 Patras Nightlife
07:39 Patras Carnival
08:29 Wrap up

[christopherpiatt]

Thanks for this video. This has solidified my plans to visit Patras on my way from Olympia to Delphi here in a few weeks. Also making a quick stop in Kyllini along the way.

[nikaelli]

00:50 Hi, I think the closest airport is Patras Araxos Airport, it is to the southwest of Patras, in a suburb quite far outside the city, about 40 minutes' drive to the city of Patras. If I'm not mistaken, there are also shuttle buses. The less popularity of this airport is probably due to the small number of flights and pricey tickets. Also, tourists who visit Ionian islands usually fly directly there. Kalamata airport is similar, but because of the location advantage, as far as southern airports on mainland Greece are concerned, apart from Athens, more tourists tend to fly for kalamata, where the airport is much closer to the city, just 20 minutes by bus, and people could explore the south coast, three fingers, Monemvasia and so on more conveniently.

[ApostolosRafailidis]

Hello, thanks for the video about Patras! Regarding the beach located to the North of the city, it is actually a bit further than where you got and it is quite nice in that at one point it faces South and a bit further it faces North. So, depending on the wind direction, we can choose a calm side.

[gerasimosmusicianofficial]

I think the highlight of Patras is the combination of the unique Mycenean Park of Vounteni (about 5km outside the city limits) and then a stop at the beautiful archaelogical museum (around 3 km away from the Park), you see all the history of the Bronze, Ancient and Roman ages of Greece if you later visit the locations you mention in the city center

[voxdea]

, I'm a pilgrim and St. Andrew Church info is helpful. I was expecting the view where the Battle of Lepanto has happened though. thanks for the video!

[timhoyle]

Hi there. I enjoyed your video about Patras. I visited last year and agree with much of what you said. I do think you should have made more of the archaeological museum and made it No 10 rather than just mentioning it briefly in the bit about the castle. I was really surprised about the scale and the quality of the museum and we were just about the only people there the morning we visited.

[stefanhugestrand]

We re thinking of spending 2-3 days in Patras at the end of february 2025 :)

[pablokoz]

Hi ! Been watching your Greek videos Kalamata we will be going (God willing ) you should check out Philippines as you would get a lot of subscribers from there. Seems like what most YouTuber travel videographers do. ) We want to buy property in Greece for golden visa and to be able to live in Greece . What would be your short list of great locations to live there ?

[rudolfohisena]

Patra, Peloponnesu, thr Albanian land. It was stolen.

[a.silverbird]

Patras, one of the "rubbish" cities of Greece. Nothing nice to see. Skoypidi