Location
A tour of Agrinion can impress the visitor and reveal a yet unknown world.
Agrinion is today the biggest urban centre in the prefecture of Etoloakarnania with a population of 106.523 registered inhabitants. Administratively it belongs to the department of Trihonida where one meets a rare variety of landscape of extreme natural beauty.
The Aheloos river, known as Aspropotamos or Aspros, irrigates the plain of Agrinion.
Argirodinis, a river worshiped as a god and transformed into a bull acording to mythology, fought against Hercules for Diianira, the beautiful sister of Meleagros. During the fight, the victorious Hercules broke the horn of the river. The river, in order to get it back, promissed and gave Hercules the Amalthea Horn, the horn of abundance.
This fight is depicted on a mosaic at the central square of Agrinion. The design was made by the Agrinion painter Chris Mbokoros and it constitutes the emblem of the city.
East of Agrinion, in the heart of Etoloakarnania, there is the lake of Trihonida surrounded by mountains, the wooded Panetoliko and the densely planted Arakynthos on the other side.
It is the biggest, most picturesque and most unknown to many lake in Greece with a 51 km perimetre which is easily accesible and asphalt covered. Its big size and the colour of its water make it seem like a sea. It is a place for escape, which captivates the visitor and justifiably belongs to the Natura areas.
The Trihonida lake is connected with the Lysimahia lake in the south of Agrinion with the well known Alaibei bridges, which in the past had 370 arches. Kostis palamas praised these two lakes.
"I know two exotic lakes, two sister lakes
with all the beauty of the village, the water and the plants.
For dreamy loves and for singers
One in Angelokastro, the other in Vrahori."
According to mythology, the town was built by the king Agrios, who was a descendant of Etolos,and was located at nearby Zapanti (Megali Hora) as the excavation of Ioannis Miliadis revealed in 1920. This small in ancient times town was a developed walled guard of the Etolic Confederation. It followed the fate of all the Etolic cities which gathered around the political, religious centre of the Etolic Confederation, Thermo. The town was destroyed by Kassandros in 314 BC.
After being in obscurity for some centuries, the town reappears during the Turkish occupation bearing the name Vrahori, Imbrahoar. The inhabitants were Turks, Christians and Jews. It was the base of Sandzakian of karleli. It played an active role in the revolution of 1821 and it was freed on 11 June 1821 after the coordinated operation that Alexakis Vlahopoulos and other chieftains undertook. In 1835, Vrahori took the old name "Agrinion".
Vrahori a joyfull three-syllable name!
And you the bright walking girlof Roumeli,
even if you got a name buried in books,
I like your fighting name
and the imagination can see your picture live.
Kostis Palamas
Excellent choices for excursion during your stay at the Marpessa Smart Luxury Hotel are Nafpaktos with its buildings of special architecture, its nightlife and its wonderful beaches, the small town of Thermo with its unique archaeological excavations and the production of local food and Petrohori with the famous stonebuilders and its stone-built houses.
Agrinion is today the biggest urban centre in the prefecture of Etoloakarnania with a population of 106.523 registered inhabitants. Administratively it belongs to the department of Trihonida where one meets a rare variety of landscape of extreme natural beauty.
The Aheloos river, known as Aspropotamos or Aspros, irrigates the plain of Agrinion.
Argirodinis, a river worshiped as a god and transformed into a bull acording to mythology, fought against Hercules for Diianira, the beautiful sister of Meleagros. During the fight, the victorious Hercules broke the horn of the river. The river, in order to get it back, promissed and gave Hercules the Amalthea Horn, the horn of abundance.
This fight is depicted on a mosaic at the central square of Agrinion. The design was made by the Agrinion painter Chris Mbokoros and it constitutes the emblem of the city.
East of Agrinion, in the heart of Etoloakarnania, there is the lake of Trihonida surrounded by mountains, the wooded Panetoliko and the densely planted Arakynthos on the other side.
It is the biggest, most picturesque and most unknown to many lake in Greece with a 51 km perimetre which is easily accesible and asphalt covered. Its big size and the colour of its water make it seem like a sea. It is a place for escape, which captivates the visitor and justifiably belongs to the Natura areas.
The Trihonida lake is connected with the Lysimahia lake in the south of Agrinion with the well known Alaibei bridges, which in the past had 370 arches. Kostis palamas praised these two lakes.
"I know two exotic lakes, two sister lakes
with all the beauty of the village, the water and the plants.
For dreamy loves and for singers
One in Angelokastro, the other in Vrahori."
According to mythology, the town was built by the king Agrios, who was a descendant of Etolos,and was located at nearby Zapanti (Megali Hora) as the excavation of Ioannis Miliadis revealed in 1920. This small in ancient times town was a developed walled guard of the Etolic Confederation. It followed the fate of all the Etolic cities which gathered around the political, religious centre of the Etolic Confederation, Thermo. The town was destroyed by Kassandros in 314 BC.
After being in obscurity for some centuries, the town reappears during the Turkish occupation bearing the name Vrahori, Imbrahoar. The inhabitants were Turks, Christians and Jews. It was the base of Sandzakian of karleli. It played an active role in the revolution of 1821 and it was freed on 11 June 1821 after the coordinated operation that Alexakis Vlahopoulos and other chieftains undertook. In 1835, Vrahori took the old name "Agrinion".
Vrahori a joyfull three-syllable name!
And you the bright walking girlof Roumeli,
even if you got a name buried in books,
I like your fighting name
and the imagination can see your picture live.
Kostis Palamas
Excellent choices for excursion during your stay at the Marpessa Smart Luxury Hotel are Nafpaktos with its buildings of special architecture, its nightlife and its wonderful beaches, the small town of Thermo with its unique archaeological excavations and the production of local food and Petrohori with the famous stonebuilders and its stone-built houses.
- Visit local wineries and learn about exceptional variety Malagouzia (an ancient local variety from Aitoloakarnania)
- Discover the secrets of the lagoon
- Taste the world famous gourmet delicacy Botargo (PDO product)
- Discover the therapeutic Thermal Springs
- Visit notable churches and byzantine monasteries around lake Trichonida
- Visit the exhibition Hall of Art – Sculpture Gallery “Christos Kapralos” who has decorated the Greek parliament
- Visit Vaso Katraki Museum, housing a comprehensive collection of this famous Greek artist’s and engraver’s work. Her unique style is a must see in what is possibly the only European museum on engraving and printmaking art.
- Visit to the archaeological site and the New Museum of Thermo, the capital of Aetolian confederacy (at Thermo was recorded the first democracy in world history).
- Visit Ancient Theater of Oiniades, Kalydona & Plevrona.
- Aktio Airport 87 Km
- Lefkada 97 Km
- Delfoi 180 Km
- Nafpaktos79 Km
- Mesologi 37 Km
- Astakos Port 50 Km
- Ancient Theatre of Plevrona 31 Km
- Ancient Theatre of Oiniades 45 Km
- Monasteryof Proussos 51 Km
- Monastery of Myrtia 34 Km
- Olympia 200 Km
- Patra 90 Km
- Athens 276 Km
- Ski center of Karpenisi 200 Km
Photo Gallery
Papastratou 76
Agrinio 301 32
T + 30 26410 47500
T + 30 69327 46290
F + 30 26410 47552
welcome@marpessa.gr
Αριθμός Γεμη ΞΕΝΙΑ : 28098512000
Agrinio 301 32
T + 30 26410 47500
T + 30 69327 46290
F + 30 26410 47552
welcome@marpessa.gr
Αριθμός Γεμη ΞΕΝΙΑ : 28098512000
