Ioannina

The old town surrounded by tall defensive walls overhanging the lake Pamvotida.

It presents many of the findings from the excavations at Dodona area

Housed in the Mosque of Ali Pasha. The museum collections include craft of local silversmiths, guns, Epirote costumes, rugs and tapestries. The mosque dates from 1618 and still retains its decoration as well as a tall mihrab pointing towards Mecca

Collections of sculptures, icons and other artifacts retrieved from ruined churches and monasteries in Epirus countryside and housed in the inner fortress (Turkish: İçkale), where Ali Pasha built his palace.

The graves of Ali Pasha and his first wife are located inside the mosque.

It is the only inhabited islet in the lake Pamvotida , with around 200 inhabitants. Green and peaceful, dotted with Byzantine monasteries, the islet can be reached by a 20-minute boat ride from Ioannina Fishers Wharf. Its main attraction is the 16th-century Pandelimonos Monastery, now the Ali Pasha Museum, where the pasha was killed on January 17, 1822.

A show cave that is 4 km from Ioannina.

One of the oldest and most important Hellenic oracle sites in Greece with an amphitheater of exceptional acoustics. The well preserved theater is a must-see and hosts theatrical performances. It was built in the 3rd century BC, during the reign of Pyrrhus, and was destroyed by the Roman consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus, in 167 BC. Under Roman rule, it was restored and turned into an arena.