Epirus
Epirus is a region in the west of Northern Greece. The beaches of the coast are developed for tourism and well visited, while the mountainous interior receives little attention, even though it is one of the most beautiful landscapes in Greece.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Ioannina and Acheron Gorge.
Ioannina
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Ioannina is a beautiful city in Northern Greece whose old town is surrounded by tall defensive walls.
Acheron Gorge
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The Acheron is a river in the Epirus region of northwest Greece. In Greek mythology, Acheron is often depicted as the entrance to the Greek Underworld where souls must be ferried across by Charon.
Arta
Arta is a town in Epirus, which draws visitors to it old, impressive stone bridge and the castle ruins in the centre of town.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Preveza and Igoumenitsa.
Preveza
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Preveza is a town in Epirus with a charming location, a beautiful promenade, some remarkable fortifications, and the harbour.
Igoumenitsa
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Igoumenitsa is a coastal city in northwestern Greece. It is the capital of the regional unit of Thesprotia. Igoumenitsa is the chief port of Thesprotia and Epirus, and one of the largest passenger ports of Greece, connecting northwestern Mainland Greece with the Ionian Islands and Italy.
Parga
Parga is a small town on the Ionian coast of mainland Greece, just between the cities of Igoumenitsa and Preveza, in the region of Epirus.
Zagori
Zagori, also called Zagorochoria is a historical area and a municipality in Epirus, Greece, with an area of some 1,000 km², including 46 villages. Since 2023 the Zagori Cultural Landscape has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Syvota
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Syvota is a village and a former municipality in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Igoumenitsa, of which it is a municipal unit.
Tzoumerka National Park
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Tzoumerka National Park is in Epirus of Greece.
Dodoni
Dodoni is a village that is about 15 km south of Ioannina. The modern village of Dodoni is near the ancient city of same name and the site of the ancient oracle of Dodona.
Pramanta
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Pramanta is a village and a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, in northwestern Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality North Tzoumerka, of which it is a municipal unit.
Ammoudia
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Ammoudia is a small fishing village in the municipal unit of Fanari in the municipality of Parga, Preveza regional unit in Epirus, in northwestern Greece.
Epirus
- Type: State with 320,000 residents
- Description: one of the 13 regions of Greece
- Also known as: “Epirus Periphery”, “Epirus Region”, and “Ípeiros”
- Categories: administrative region of Greece and locality
- Location: Northern Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude of center
39.5502° or 39° 33′ 1″ northLongitude of center
20.7486° or 20° 44′ 55″ eastPopulation
320,000Elevation
407 metres (1,335 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 13319072686OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Epirus” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Epiri (periferia)”
- Albanian: “Epiri”
- Arabic: “إبيروس”
- Arabic: “إقليم إبيروس”
- Arabic: “ابيروس”
- Armenian: “Էպիրոս”
- Armenian: “Էպիրուս”
- Asturian: “Epiru”
- Asturian: “periferia d’Epiru”
- Asturian: “Periferia d’Epiru”
- Azerbaijani: “Epir”
- Basque: “Epiro”
- Belarusian: “Эпір”
- Bengali: “এপিরাস অঞ্চল”
- Bulgarian: “Епир”
- Catalan: “Epir”
- Catalan: “Ipiros”
- Cebuano: “Epirus”
- Chinese: “Epirus Tōa-khu”
- Chinese: “伊庇魯斯”
- Chinese: “伊庇魯斯大區”
- Chinese: “伊庇鲁斯大区”
- Croatian: “Epir”
- Croatian: “Periferija Epir”
- Czech: “Epeiros”
- Czech: “Épeiros”
- Czech: “Epir”
- Czech: “Epirus”
- Danish: “Epirus Region”
- Danish: “Epirus”
- Dimli (individual language): “Epir”
- Dutch: “Epirus”
- Esperanto: “Epiro”
- Estonian: “Ipeiros”
- Estonian: “Ípeiros”
- Estonian: “Ípeirose piirkond”
- Finnish: “Epeiros”
- Finnish: “Epirus”
- French: “Épire”
- Galician: “Epiro”
- Galician: “Épiro”
- Galician: “Periferia de Epiro”
- Georgian: “ეპირი”
- German: “Epirus”
- German: “Ipeiros”
- Greek: “Ήπειρος”
- Greek: “Περιφέρεια Ηπείρου”
- Gujarati: “એપિરસસ પ્રદેશ”
- Hebrew: “אפירוס”
- Hindi: “एपिरस क्षेत्र”
- Hungarian: “Epirusz”
- Ido: “Regiono Epirus”
- Indonesian: “Epiros”
- Indonesian: “Epirus”
- Italian: “Epiro”
- Italian: “Regione dell’Epiro”
- Japanese: “イピロス”
- Japanese: “エーペイロス”
- Japanese: “エピルス”
- Japanese: “エピロス”
- Japanese: “エペイロス”
- Javanese: “Epirus (periphery)”
- Javanese: “Epirus”
- Kannada: “ಎಪಿರಸ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Korean: “이피로스 주”
- Korean: “이피로스 지역”
- Korean: “이피로스”
- Korean: “이피로스주”
- Kurdish: “Êpîros”
- Kurdish: “Epirus”
- Latin: “Epirus”
- Latvian: “Epīras perifērija”
- Limburgan: “Epiros”
- Limburgan: “Epirus”
- Lithuanian: “Epyro periferija”
- Lombard: “Epir”
- Lombard: “Epìr”
- Macedonian: “Епир”
- Malay: “Epirus”
- Maltese: “Ipeiros”
- Maltese: “Reġjun ta‘ Epiru”
- Marathi: “एपिअरस प्रदेश”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Epirus Tōa-khu”
- Mingrelian: “ეპირიშ პერიფერია”
- Northern Frisian: “Epirus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Epeiros”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Epiros”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Epirus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ipiros”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ípiros”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Çamëria”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Epeiros”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Epiros”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Epirus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ipiros”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ípiros”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ήπειρος”
- Norwegian: “Epirus”
- Ossetian: “Эпир (перифери)”
- Ossetian: “Эпир”
- Persian: “استان اپیروس”
- Persian: “ایپیروس”
- Polish: “Epir”
- Polish: “Region Epir”
- Portuguese: “Çamëria”
- Portuguese: “Epiro”
- Portuguese: “Epirus”
- Romanian: “Epir”
- Romanian: “Epirus”
- Russian: “Эпир”
- Scots: “Epirus (region)”
- Scots: “Epirus”
- Serbian: “Periferija Epir”
- Serbian: “Епир”
- Serbian: “Периферија Епир”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Periferija Epir”
- Sinhala: “එපිරස් කලාපය”
- Slovak: “Epirus”
- Slovenian: “Epir”
- South Azerbaijani: “اپیروس اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Épiro”
- Spanish: “Ipeírou”
- Spanish: “Periféreia Ipeírou”
- Spanish: “periferia de Epiro”
- Spanish: “Periferia de Epiro”
- Spanish: “Periferia del Epiro”
- Spanish: “región de Epiro”
- Spanish: “Región de Epiro”
- Spanish: “Ήπειρος”
- Spanish: “Περιφέρεια Ηπείρου”
- Swedish: “Epirus”
- Tamil: “எபிரோஸ் பகுதி”
- Telugu: “ఎపిరస్ ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “อิไพรัส”
- Turkish: “Epir”
- Turkish: “Epirus”
- Ukrainian: “Епір”
- Urdu: “اپیروس (ریجن)”
- Urdu: “اپیروس (علاقہ)”
- Urdu: “اپیروس”
- Vietnamese: “Epirus”
- Vietnamese: “Ípeiros”
- Waray (Philippines): “Epiros”
- Welsh: “Epiros”
- Welsh: “Epirus”
- Western Armenian: “Իփիրոս”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ ایپیرس”
- Wu Chinese: “伊庇鲁斯 (大区)”
- Wu Chinese: “伊庇鲁斯（大区）”
- Yue Chinese: “伊庇魯斯大區”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Epirus”. Photo: Onno Zweers, CC BY-SA 3.0.