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Assos Destination Guide

Discover Assos in Greece

Assos in the region of Peloponnese with its 2,730 habitants is a town located in Greece - some 48 mi or ( 78 km ) West of Athens , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Assos

Local time in Assos is now 01:38 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Athens " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Lacedaemon, Solomos, SiKyona, Perachora, and Pendeskoufion. When in this area, you might want to check out Lacedaemon . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Assos ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Battlelore - Journey To Undying Lands (Video Clip + Lyrics)

5:22 min by gefreeeee
Views: 69899 Rating: 4.97

Artist: Battlelore Song: Journey To Undying Lands Album: Where The Shadows Lie Year: 2002 Genre: Folk Metal Patrick Mennander - Vocals Kaisa Jouki - Vocals Tommi Havo - Vocals/Guitar Jyri Vahvanen - G ..

Corinth Greece

1:57 min by Laura Jurica
Views: 6635 Rating: 4.00

A little montage of our visit to the ruins of Corinth Greece. Corinth, or Korinth (Greek: Κόρινθος, Kórinthos) is a city in Greece. In antiquity it was a city-state, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the nar ..


Aerial View of Greece-Korinthos (Corinth) to Kiato-2009

1:51 min by jaybee1973jaybee
Views: 3280 Rating: 4.20

View of Greece from airplane window, outbound from Athina (Athens) Venizelos Airport. Selected area includes Corinth Canal, city of Korinthos (Corinth) and communities along the southern side of the C ..

Going off of a cliff

4:08 min by Laura Jurica
Views: 1599 Rating: 3.00

We rented a van in Greece. It was front wheel drive. We loaded up the back with luggage for six and headed out. We decided to go to the fortress at the top of Corinth when we got stuck... Yikes... the ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Perigiali

Perigiali is a seaside village, the seat of the municipality of Assos-Lechaio, in Corinthia, Greece. Its population at the 2001 census was 1,760.

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Located at 37.94 22.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Populated places in Corinthia

Lechaio

Lechaio is a village in the municipality of Assos-Lechaio in Corinthia. Distances are about 4 to 5 km W of Corinth, SE of Kiato. GR-7 is west of the community hall.

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Located at 37.93 22.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Ancient Greek cities, Populated places in Corinthia

Zevgolateio

Zevgolateio is a town in the municipality Velo-Vocha, Corinthia, Greece, which is located 99 kilometers southwest of Athens. In 2004, the town had a population of 4,119.

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Located at 37.93 22.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Populated places in Corinthia

Vrachati

Vrachati is a beach town in the municipal unit of Vocha, Corinthia, Greece, population 2,951 (2001). It is located 12km west of Corinth, and is a very popular destination for day trippers from Athens. Its beach has been awarded with the blue flag from the European Union. Vrachati is located just inside the entrance of the Gulf of Lechaio, a small sub-gulf off the Gulf of Corinth. Temperatures in July regularly reach 37c to 38c and on occasion surpass 40c.

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Located at 37.96 22.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Populated places in Corinthia

Battle of Lechaeum

The Battle of Lechaeum (391 BC) was an Athenian victory in the Corinthian War. In the battle, the Athenian general Iphicrates took advantage of the fact that a Spartan hoplite regiment operating near Corinth was moving in the open without the protection of any missile throwing troops. He decided to ambush it with his force of javelin throwers, or peltasts.

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Located at 37.93 22.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: 391 BC, Battles involving Athens, Battles involving Sparta, Battles of the Corinthian War

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Assos