Capital: Mesologgi
Population: 224.429 (2001)
Distance from Athens: 240 km.

Main areas are: Agrinio, Amfilochia, Antirio, Menidi, Mesologgi, Nafpaktos

The province has great physical beauty, mountains and rivers, lakes and gorges. The climate is great and you can find great beaches in Vonitsa and Menidi, Nafpaktos and elsewhere.

Mesolonggi has been declared a "Holy City" because it offered too much in the fight against the Turks. Great poets and painters like Lord Byron and Delacroi have been inspired by the bloody exit of the Greeks on the 10 th of April 1826. Five prime ministers have come from Messologi and also a whole school of great writers and poets in Greek literature. Today it is a beautiful city that offers visitors quality food, entertainment and an incredible sunset. The locals are very hospitable.

There is a small Venetian castle on the harbor of Nafpaktos that characterizes the city. It has a history of 2000 years and has been the cause for great bloodshed because of its strategic position. There are also great beaches and the villages in mountainous Nafpaktia. Also the area around Trichonida Lake is of extreme beauty.

Mountain Nafpaktia is a spectacular area. Exquisite forests of oak-trees, fir-trees, beeches, plane-trees and chestnut-trees combined with impressive gorges and natural springs compose a landscape of unique natural beauty.

Small and big mammals live in Mountain Nafpaktia like wild boars, roes, foxes, wolfs, hares, squirrels, ferrets etc. and birds like partridges, blackbirds, magpies, woodpeckers and some species of eagle.

In Mountain Nafpaktia there are about 60 picturesque small villages, built in an altitude between 700-1000m. At some of them, visitors can be hosted to hostels or family hotels.

The villages of Mountain Nafpaktia are mainly located on two basic roads. The first one starts from Nafpaktos and ends to Ambelakiotissa (Nafpaktos-Terpsithea-Elatou-Ano Chora-Ambelakiotissa).

Terpsithea is a traditional village of Roumeli, amphitheatrically built in an altitude of 800m.

Elatou is also a beautiful village, built between fir-trees and chestnut-trees.

Ano Hora, is one of the large villages of Mountain Nafpaktia. Its older name was Lombotina. At this settlement you will find traditional hostels, family hotels and taverns serving local products. Traditional stone alleys and traditional houses built in Epirus architectural style, a square with a marble fountain are some characteristics of the village.

A few kilometers before Ano Hora at the direction Krioneria you will find Lalika. It is a small settlement where Fontas Michos has a hostel. It is worth visiting because there you will have a direct and intense contact with nature and this will be a special experience for you.

Ambelakiotissa is located 10kilometers north of Ano Hora village. There you will find the famous Monastery of Ambelakitissa built in 1456 on a hill, where the icon of Panagia (Virgin Mary) was found.

The second road starts from Nafpaktos and ends to Karpenisi (Nafpaktos-Paleopirgos-Pokista-Platanos-Arahova-Domnitsa-Karpenisi.

Following the direction along the Mornos River and in a distance of about 40 kilometers from Nafpaktos, after 2 kilometers from Katafygio village, you will find Drakotripa cave with stalactites and stalagmites. It is a real work of art which nature created. It has lakes, underground active river and a great number of stalactites and stalagmites creating beautiful designs.

Platanos is a large village of Mountain Nafpaktia built on the slope of “Alonaki” Mountain in an altitude of 880m. There you will find a guesthouse which can host visitors.

Arahova is also one of the large villages of Mountain Nafpaktia. It is built on the slope of “Kokkinia” Mountain in an altitude of 960m. There you will find the unique castle of Mountain Nafpaktia which is still unexplored.

Agrinio also took part in the fight against the Turks and it has now become a productive urban center of the province. It is well organized to receive tourists and it is worth visiting the library and the church of Panagia. Among others you can also see the gorge of Klissoura and Trichonida Lake.

Antirio is a village by the beach and it is where ferries come and go towards Peloponnesse and the Main Land. The line Rio Antirio is one of the most vital in Greece but it is soon to be replaced by an overhung bridge, which will be the largest of its kind worldwide.

Amfilochia and Menidi also attract a lot of tourists especially during the summer season. There is a unique phenomenon happening in Amfilochia, the sea radiates a bright light during the night due to the great quantities of phosphorus in the water. It is an incredible sight that should not be missed.