EVENTS

Our guests can participate in local events and festivities such as the famous carnival of Patras, festivals, sporting events, etc.

EXCURSIONS - TOURS

Patras, which is located in the north coast of the Peloponnese, in the western foothills of mount Panachaikon, and nested in the Gulf of Patras, has a pleasant Mediterranean climate with relatively mild wet winters and hot dry summers.

The location and atmosphere are a great privilege, as the unit is within a short distance from destinations of outstanding natural beauty, such as:

• Aigeira
• Oak forest of Foloi
• The wetlands and forest of Strofilia
• Feneos
• Lake Tsivlou
• Trizonia island etc.

Aphrodite is also surrounded by numerous organized beaches (some awarded with the Blue Flag), where you can safely enjoy the sun and swim.

The excursions and tours program includes at least two oneday excursions per month, not only in popular destinations but also to places and sights not easily accessible to the casual visitor, but of equal or greater historical and cultural value and significance. For example:

• Acropoli-Plaka-Monastiraki: visit one of the most important monuments of the world cultural heritage and walk through two of the oldest and most picturesque neighborhoods of Athens.
• Ancient Olympia: visit the most celebrated sanctuary of ancient Greece dedicated to Zeus, father of Gods and Humans, birthplace of the Olympic Games.
• Church of St. Andreas, the third largest Byzantine style church of the Balkans.
• Roman Odeon of Patras: To the west of Upper Town is the Roman Odeon (160 B.C.), even older from the Herodion Conservatory of Athens.
• Holy Monastery of Omplos
• Achaia Clauss: The Tower of Achaia Clauss is the first Greek winery built in 1861 and produces some of the most famous Greek wines, like the famous Mavrodaphne.
• The Rion – Antirion Bridge, the longest multi-span cable stayed bridge of the world.
• Salt marshes: visit the salt marshes of Messolonghi Lagoon, a total area of 12,500 hectares, in which the majority of the Greek salt is collected.

The excursions and tour planning is determined by our guests preferences*.

*Possible entrance fees to museums, monuments, archaeological sites, restaurants and other recreational areas, is always notified prior to the visit. The management team makes every effort to ensure that our guests will get to know the most intimate corners of Patras and Greece at the most affordable prices.