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In the city of Messolonghi there are many old houses, imposing mansions and smaller masterpieces of architecture.
Your sailor Mesolongiou group allows you to make a daily cruise yacht and skipper, maximum number of participants 8 people (per boat) on request price.
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The Nautical Club in furtherance effort watersport particularly Sailing Offshore operates Sailing School M / F for adults and organizes 5 hours daily sailing cruises in the Gulf of Patras. The cruises are made with new yachts. Starting from Messolonghi harbor. There is the possibility of providing lunch on board upon request.
Minimum number of people, 8 (eight). Optionally suggest you have your camera, binoculars, hat, sunscreen and essential good mood.
The tours may be altered reason weather. Minors must be accompanied. All actions are always conducted with respect to the rich flora and fauna of the National Park and to the people of the sea who live and work within it. Even in cooperation with local travel agencies can organize tours and excursions to places in the region with special archaeological, historical, cultural, religious and ecotourism interest. Also in consultation with you we can design and special tours will want. Moreover we can serve individual photographers and film crews.
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NAUTICAL CLUB MESSOLONGIOU
Responsible: Kotsiris Makis
Messolonghi port
Missolonghi
Aitoloakarnania / Suburb
30200
Greece
2631026970
Fraksos forest is close to Lessini village, west of the delta of Acheloos river and belongs to the National Park of Messolonghi - Etoliko. Rare in its kind, Fraksos forest forest was declared in 1985, a preserved Monument of Nature. Today its expanse reaches 500 acres approximately and is considered to be a flora and fauna paradise. It is a varied landscape with many species, plants andtrees.
It hosts a significant number of birds and the area abounds with reptiles and amphibians. Fraksos forest is one of the most vital forest ecosystems throughout Greece characterized by a global scientific interest because of its ecological and biological value. It is a forest of high botanic, aesthetic and geographical interest with an unrivaled natural beauty which undoubtedly manages to impress anyone who comes to visit it.
Acheloos, Achelous or Aspropotamos is Greece’s second longest river, after Aliakmonas, crossing a 220 km long route. Its sources are
located in the southern part of the mountain of Pindos and it empties in the Ionian Sea, south of Echinades Islands.
Its delta is populated with over 30.000 animal species, including among others flamingoes, sea eagles, woodcocks, ducks, pelicans, frogs and turtles. Achelous river is a vital ecosystem of both great ecological and aesthetic value and for this reason the river, together with the lagoon of Messolonghi - Eitoliko, is protected by the international RAMSAR Convention.
Evinos or Fidaris,crosses a 92 km long route, starting from Vardousia to end at the Gulf of Patras, between Evinochori and Kryoneri. According to Greek mythology the river took its name from King Evinos who was drowned in its waters.
Evinos River is an ideal sport for sporting activities such as canoe kayak and rafting. Moreover, it is considered to be an ecosystem of great environmental value, since a great amount of fish and amphibians live in its waters, and also given its lush riverside vegetation.
Katochi is a village of Oiniades municipality in Etoloakarnania. It is located on the banks of Acheloos river, 26 km from the town of Messolongi. It has a population of 3,500 inhabitants. The main part of the village is built on a small hill, with picturesque streets (alleys). Katochi belongs to the municipal unit of Messolonghi. It is a wealthy place with great development, particularly in the agro-pastoral sector, because it is surrounded by a plain, in which all kinds of goods, legume and citrus are produced.
Neochori, with less than 4,000 inhabitants, is a town located in the southwest part of the prefecture of Etoloakarnania and belongs to the municipality of the Sacred City of Messolonghi. Built on the banks of Acheloos river, Neochori is about 20km away from Messolongi. Neochori is surrounded by a lush natural landscape and thus knows great agricultural and livestock development.
Seventeen kilometers southwest of Neochori, you will find the protected by the RAMSAR Convention, Louros beach. Louros is the largest beach in Greece and one of the best in the prefecture of Etoloakarnania.
About 10 km northwest of Messolonghi is Etoliko. "Little Venice", as also called, is built on an islet between the lagoons of Etoliko and Messolonghi. It is connected to the mainland, on the eastern and western part, with two 300 meters-long stone bridges, ensuring the access for both vehicles and pedestrians.
Within seventeen km from Messolonghi and in the uniquely impressive landscape that shapes the officially proclaimed by the Ministry of Culture -"Monument of Nature"- canyon of Kleisoura, in a cavity of the rock at an altitude of 150 meters, one can find the monastery of Agia Eleousa. On the hillside, from a great distance you can discern a large cross of 16m.diameter which features prominently. Moreover, at that very point the Metropolitan of Etolia and Akarnania, Theoklitos, has been buried, after the desire of the late Bishop.
The Monastery of Agia Eleousa is a benchmark of the religious life of our county and celebrates on the first Friday after Easter and the first Sunday of June in memory of Yannis Gounaris, when hundreds of pilgrims come to kneel in front of the miraculous icon of the Virgin (Panagia).