Preveza Greece
Frequently Asked Questions
Alongside the town quay, facing the cafés. Smaller ships tie up directly here: the seafront promenade, the old lanes and the terraces are only tens of metres from the gangway.
In 31 BC, off the headland guarding the entrance to the Ambracian Gulf, Octavian's fleet crushed that of Antony and Cleopatra. The victor, the future emperor Augustus, founded Nicopolis on the spot, the city of victory.
The old quarter and the waterfront take an hour or two on foot, including the castle of Saint Andrew. On a longer call, the site of Nicopolis seven kilometres away needs half a day with its museum.
By taxi or excursion, seven kilometres north of the quay. The remains spread across a broad plateau between two seas: Roman and Byzantine walls, a theatre, odeon, baths and aqueduct rise out of the tall grass.
Yes, above all for its scale and its stillness: you often walk it almost alone, among the stones of a capital willed into being by Augustus. The site museum gathers statues, mosaics and coins.
Cobbled lanes blending Venetian, Ottoman and neoclassical heritage: wrought-iron balconies, shaded squares, quiet chapels and a clock tower of Venetian origin. It is all walkable from the quay.
Prawns from the Ambracian Gulf, famous across Greece, served grilled or in sauce with a glass of ouzo or tsipouro. The waterfront taverns light their grills in late afternoon, at the hour of the volta.
A genuine inland sea behind the Preveza narrows, scattered with lagoons and sandbanks, where fishermen share the water with dolphins and Dalmatian pelicans in protected wetlands. Boat trips leave from the basin in season.
Two: the castle of Saint Andrew, about a kilometre from the quay and reachable on foot, and the castle of Saint George at the southern end of town. Their ramparts now host walkers and summer cultural events.
The euro and Greek, with English understood in the waterfront taverns. Cards work in the centre; keep cash for taxis to Nicopolis.
