{"id":34,"date":"2020-02-08T22:51:46","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T20:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fred-hart.gr\/greece2020\/?p=34"},"modified":"2020-02-08T22:52:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T20:52:00","slug":"ioannina-island-kastoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fred-hart.gr\/greece2020\/2020\/02\/08\/ioannina-island-kastoria\/","title":{"rendered":"\u039d\u03b7\u03c3\u03af \u0399\u03c9\u03b1\u03bd\u03bd\u03af\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd & \u039a\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c1\u03b9\u03ac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u0399\u03c9\u03ac\u03bd\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd\u03b1 – Ioannina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 8. February 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ioannina Island & Kastoria<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After breakfast this morning I left the hotel and drove round to the lake. It was a cold start with a frost but soon warmed up.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This morning I took the boat over from the city centre to Ioannina Island<\/a>. It was actually quite busy which I wasn’t expecting; I can only imagine how busy it would be in the Summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ioannina Island is only a small island, I wonder how they get so many tourist shops, cafes, tavernas and monasteries on to one island!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u039d\u03b7\u03c3\u03af \u0399\u03c9\u03b1\u03bd\u03bd\u03af\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd – Ioannina Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In a couple of hours I managed to walk all the way round the island, have a hot chocolate in the village, browse the tourist shops, visit the Ali Pasha Museum<\/a> and have souvlaki & chips for lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wasn’t expecting there to be so much to do on the island but I enjoyed it – Must stay longer next time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Returning to Ioannina City Centre I had a quick look round the Ali Pasha Mosque<\/a> before I got in the car and hit the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some photos from my morning in Ioannina and on the island…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u0397 \u03b8\u03ad\u03b1 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf \u03ba\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf \u0399\u03c9\u03b1\u03bd\u03bd\u03af\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b2\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf \u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03af – Ioannina Centre from the boat to the island
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When I returned to the car it was time to get on the road: Leaving Ioannina behind I set off on the journey to Kastoria, which took 2hrs 10mins. Quite a good run. I didn’t realise the sat nav would take me all the way round the edge of the lake on arrival in Kastoria though – not the most direct route I’m sure!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Kastoria I’m pleased to say I have a room with a view…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u039a\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c1\u03b9\u03ac – Kastoria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For dinner tonight I ate at a restaurant looking out over the lake – I had a meze with the gigantes beans, bread, grilled chicken, pita bread and a dip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow’s my last day of sightseeing before the long journey home starts first thing Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u039a\u03b1\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03cd\u03c7\u03c4\u03b1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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