Preveza Trip Overview
The monument of Zaloggo is located a short distance from the archaeological site of Kassopi, from where, according to history, 63 women of Sοuli villages fell off the cliff with their children in 1803 dancing, so as not to be captured by the soldiers of Ali Pasha (1788-1822).
Acherontas strait and Estuary area is one of the 18 natural sites that have been recognized as the most remarkable in the whole region.
In this area the most famous nekromanteion (or oracle of the dead) of the ancient Greek world is spotted which lies near the northwest shores of the Acherousian lake.
Homer provides the earliest reference to the necromanteion of Acheron in his Odyssey, when Circe advises Ulysses to meet Teiresias, the blind seer, in the underworld in order to get an oracle for his return to Ithaka.
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Duration: 4 to 6 hours
Starts: Preveza, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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The monument of Zaloggo is located a short distance from the archaeological site of Kassopi, from where, according to history, 63 women of Sοuli villages fell off the cliff with their children in 1803 dancing, so as not to be captured by the soldiers of Ali Pasha (1788-1822).
Acherontas strait and Estuary area is one of the 18 natural sites that have been recognized as the most remarkable in the whole region.
In this area the most famous nekromanteion (or oracle of the dead) of the ancient Greek world is spotted which lies near the northwest shores of the Acherousian lake.
Homer provides the earliest reference to the necromanteion of Acheron in his Odyssey, when Circe advises Ulysses to meet Teiresias, the blind seer, in the underworld in order to get an oracle for his return to Ithaka.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Nikopolis, Nikopolis, Preveza Region, Epirus
Ancient Nikopolis was discovered in 31 B.C. by Octavian Augustus in honor of his victory over Antony and Cleopatra in the naval battle of Aktio. The city housed about 300,000 inhabitants.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ancient Kassopi, Kamarina 481 00 Greece
Ancient Cassope, the capital of Cassopaea, was founded before the middle of the 4th century B.C. in order to protect the fertile valley which stretches to the south, from the exploitation of the Eleian colonists.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Monument of Zalongo, Kamarina 481 00 Greece
Monument of Zalongo, on the top of the cliff where the Souliote women threw themselves off in 1803.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Acheron Springs, 480 62 Greece
Acheron was the river where Hermes delivered the souls of the dead to Charon in order to end up in Hades.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Nekromanteion Acheron, Mesopotamos 48062 Greece
At the northwestern coastal part of the Preveza Prefecture are the estuaries of the well-known mythological river of Acheron. Acheron river flows into the Ionian Sea and in particular in Fanari Bay (Ammoudia)
Duration: 1 hour
