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- The city of
Paramythia lies in the county Thesprotia in
Epirus. The town’s area reaches about the
79,200 acres, while it’s population
about 10,000. Paramythia was a small Byzantine
town built in 1,000 B.C. Lies simile to an
amphitheatre at the altitude of 750 m, at
Korila’s mountain foothill, between the
Acheron and Kalamas rivers.Paramythia, with the narrow
streets, most of them are traditional, with the
houses that are very close to each other and the
red tiled roofs, with the old plane-trees and
the street market at the centre is a picturesque
and amazing settlement for every visitor. It
still keeps its traditional colour. It is
surrounded by green forests with trees that are
in leaf while in its feet lies the long green
plain of Kokitos with the trim gardens and the
fruit-bearing trees.
Among
the city’s attractions you can see the Byzantine bath, the Koulia
tower, the castle of Paramythia and the Elea’s castle, the unique for
it’s structure watch, while you’ll never forget the thesprotian
highlands, at the Souli village, but also the near littoral regions as
Parga, Syvota, Perdika.
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Paramythia
and the area around it,
provide the visitor, a series of activities of alternative tourism.
Trekking, extreme games, visiting areas with great, ancient and
historical, interest; there are a few activities of alternative tourism
for the visitors of this region. The agritourism is a form of
alternative tourism in order to maintain and promote the Hellenic
traditional and rustic way of life. Paramythia represents an rural area
which maintains the true traditions and it's characterized as
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Notwithstanding its limited surface area, Greece is
endowed with a particularly rich and diversified
natural environment as a result of a rare
geomorphology, with many striking natural contrasts
and areas of great ecological value. The country’s
abundant natural gifts –thousands of indented coasts,
imposing rocky massifs, caves, gorges, lakes, rivers,
biotopes of spectacular beauty and unique natural
habitats– coupled with the mild climate,
place it among the ideal destinations for ecotourism
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The
Municipality of Paramythia belongs to the constituency
of Epirus in the South-East part of the Prefecture of
Thesprotia. It is 82 km from Ioannina and 35 km from
Igoumenitsa and its port.It is situated in a position
that is easy to get access to because it is connected
with Egnatia Street which is under construction. So the
time one will need to get there will be very short.The
area of the new Municipality is 316.853 square metres
while its population is around 10.000 and is
significantly rising during the Summer months
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