PARGA, GREECE - The Acheron River - Entrance to the GREEK UNDERWORLD!
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- Опубликовано: 27 апр 2021
- Parga Attractions. In this Parga, Greece travel video we take you with us to the Acheron River (Ποταμός Αχέροντας). The Acheron River is also called the Acheron Springs and in Greek it is called Ποταμός Αχέροντας in Greek. We will take you on a walk up the river, do some river rafting and some horse riding and of course stop for a beverage or two, before and after our tour of the Acheron River.
To get to the Acheron River or Acheron Springs as they are also called, we rented a car and drove there ourselves. The distance between Parga Town and the Acheron River (Ποταμός Αχέροντας) is approximately 28 kilometers and the drive takes around 30 minutes. For those who do not have access to a Rental Car, there are plenty of travel agencies in Parga Town organizing day tours to the Acheron River.
Wiki writes about the Acheron River, "The Acheron (/ˈækərən/; Ancient Greek: Ἀχέρων Acheron or Ἀχερούσιος Acherousios; Greek: Αχέροντας Acherontas) is a river located in the Epirus region of northwest Greece. It is 52 km (32 mi) long, and its drainage area is 705 km2 (272 sq mi). Its source is near the village Zotiko, in the southwestern part of the Ioannina regional unit and it flows into the Ionian Sea in Ammoudia, near Parga.
In ancient Greek mythology, Acheron was known as the "river of woe", and was one of the five rivers of the Greek underworld. The word is of uncertain etymology.
In the Homeric poems, the Acheron was described as a river of Hades, into which Cocytus and Phlegethon both flowed.. The Roman poet Virgil called it the principal river of Tartarus, from which the Styx and Cocytus both sprang. The newly dead would be ferried across the Acheron by Charon in order to enter the Underworld.."
Location of the Acheron River on Google Earth are:
Latitude: 39°19'39.09"N Longitude: 20°36'51.19"E
Timestamps for our Acheron River Tour
00:00 Start
00:01 Driving rented car to the river Acheron (Ποταμός Αχέροντας)
00:28 Arriving at Acheron River parking area
01:02 Rafting Center Cafe
01:11 Frappés served
01:25 Maro tasting Frappé
01:48 Walk towards Main Entrance of Acheron River (Ποταμός Αχέροντας)
02:02 Shops for food and souvenirs
02:30 Main Entrance to Acheron River (Ποταμός Αχέροντας)
02:52 Views along the river path
03:56 Handmade Jewelry
04:22 Maxi explains our plans for wading in the Acheron River
04:34 Maxi stands in the Acheron River
04:48 Maxi & Maro start wading in the Acheron River
06:31 Maxi´s & Maro´s opinions of the Acheron River
06:57 Wading back starts
07:32 Second time visiting River Acheron (Ποταμός Αχέροντας)
07:38 Rafting Centre Café
08:07 Sarakiniko Group Rafting, The River Pirates
08:25 Maxi explains our plans for river rafting at the Acheron River
08:33 River Rafting begins
08:44 Our guide explains how to use paddle
09:00 Maxi & Maro are onboard the raft
09:28 Our guide tells about the Greek Mythology of the Acheron River
09:43 Rafting Centre Cafe seen from the Acheron river
10:06 Views of the Zip Line
10:22 Biggest Rapids of the Acheron River
11:14 Rafting ends
11:23 Maxi helps carry a raft up out of the river
11:37 Back to the starting point by Van
11:52 Wading through the Acheron River
12:02 Drinking Beer at the Rafting Center Café
12:11 Maro tells about the next plan, Horse Riding
12:24 Buying tickets for Horse Riding at the Acheron River
12:48 Driving to the Horse Riding area
12:55 Arriving at the Horse Riding area next to the river
13:14 Maro mounts the horse
13:41 Hores Riding in the Acharon River (Ποταμός Αχέροντας)
14:01 Horse Riding on the trail
14:07 Horse Riding Footage speeded up
14:30 Horse Riding trail ends
14:37 Maxi dismounts his horse
14:45 Maro ahares her opinion of Horse Riding at the Acheron River
14:56 Maxi and Maro tell their opinion of visiting the Acheron River (Ποταμός Αχέροντας)
15:26 Maxi talks about the Taverna Barba Vaggelis
15:48 Arriving at the Taverna Barba Vaggelis
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Oh thank you so much!!!! Now with Greece openings to Americans I know where I want to go!!! Great vlog I really feel Greece through the lens. Thanks again 👍👍👍
Thank you for watching our video and for your very kind words about our video! Yes, more and more countries are beginning to slowly open up to one another, it is nice to start to slowly see a trickle of normality beginning Have a good day and upcoming weekend :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
it looks a little more like a piece of heaven than the river to Hades. What a lovely place.
It was such a beautiful place, which is why we visited twice. If we visit Parga again we will visit this area again without doubt! Thanks for watching :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
Jeg har også været der, smukkeste jeg nogensinde har set🤯🤩
That looked so lovely. Hearing the cicadas in the background made me think of the lovely hot holidays we have had staying with our friends at their house in southern Italy. Oh to be there again 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻. Thank you Maxi and Maro. ❤️👍
The cicadas are what we always talk about when our minds drift back to lovely Southern Europe, we fully understand what you mean Lynn! It was a really nice place to visit and as a result we visited twice. Thanks for watching Lynn, have a nice evening! Kind Greetings from Maxi and Maro :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
Greece is such a beautiful country. I'd give anything to be there instead of the rainy UK right now 😂
HeHe, Agreed! Thanks for watching Tazzy93! :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
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Just came back from Parga.
Was looking for a video of the Acheron river and found yours.
Exactly to the point.
I am linking my blog to yours.
Thanks guys
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It's really beautiful places.God bless you and your family
The Acheron River was beautiful, such a lovely nature. Thanks for watching Adeel, have a good weekend! More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
Hello from Melbourne, so nice to see you both enjoying Parga. I was there in OCTOBER 2019. Had the time of my life and I met the most beautiful white horse named Loto. Maybe the same horse Maro was riding. Parga is my favorite place in Greece. Love your videos they are amazing. Hugs from an Australian /Greek🇦🇺🇬🇷❤️🙏🏻
Nice to hear that you have also experienced beautiful Parga, we truly enjoyed the 3 weeks we were there! Maro says that the horse was indeed Lotto, what fun that you both rode the same horse! Thanks for watching and sharing your Parga experience. Greetings from Copenhagen😁 More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
@@TravellerYT you guys are awesome made my day. Thanks for the great videos👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇬🇷🇬🇷
You are welcome Viktoria, have a good weekend :-D
Been an absolute Parga addict I have really loved your recent vlogs from Greece you have very addictive personalities, and the food vlogs are brilliant , keep up the great work , top marks 👍👍👍🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
Parga is an amazing place and we can easily recommend it as a destination to fellow travelers. Thank you for watching our videos and for your very kind words Dean! :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
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We just released the video about 30 seconds ago, so we hope that you will watch it too :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
HI Maxi & Maro. Another great video everything looked so good lovely scenery and crystal clear water and that lovely coffee as well Keep Safe.
Hello again Stewart! The nature was so beautiful in this area that we just had to visit twice. Next time we visit Parga we will visit the Acheron River again. Thanks for watching, have a good weekend and stay safe too :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
What a beautiful place. Looks really inviting. And the water looked very clean and cool. Great video!
Thanks so much Peter. Parga is a Greek destination that we can confidently recommend to fellow travellers. As far as we can remember, somebody mentioned that the Acheron River is Europes cleanest! Have a nice evening. Kind Greetings from Maxi and Maro 😁 More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
Thank You for another great video!! The water looked so clean and inviting 😊😊👌👌
You are welcome, thank you for watching! We seem to recall somebody telling us tat the Acheron River is Europe's cleanest! :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
Thanks for this wonderful video. What a beautiful place.
The Parga River area was such a worthwhile place to visit which is why we went back twice! Happy to hear that you enjoyed the video Yasin and thank you for watching! Have a good weekend :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
@@TravellerYT Have a wonderful weekend too. 😁🇲🇾😁
Thank you Yasin :-D
@@TravellerYT 😁
hi maxi@ maro i am so glade yall back video again was lots peoples walking in the water yhose guy was leading those horse water so cool ty for video this
Hello again Bruce! Thanks for watching and commenting! We very much enjoyed our experiences at the Acheron River! Have a good weekend :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
Great video
Thanks for watching! :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
Both of you are a couple of good sports and what a great vid
Thanks for watching and for your kind words Kevin! Have a good weekend :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
Wonderful. Thank you for making my birthday special with this video 😁😁😁😁
Pleased to hear that you enjoyed it and we hope you had a special day on your birthday, Happy Birthday again Dean! Have a good weekend! Thanks for watching :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
vrey nice video
Keep up the good work 😃
Thanks for watching our video and for your very kind words. Have a good day and upcoming weekend :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
I can’t say anymore good things about this place . It’s just really taken us a both back as to how stunning it is . The best European destination I’ve seen in a long time as it’s not a rowdy place and exactly what we both love . Sure we love a few ice cold beers but it’s more about getting out and enjoying the country . Have a lovely weekend as I know you have a long one lol but as it happens we do to so I’m off Saturday Sunday Monday 😁
Good morning Kieron! Parga really surprised us and we both really enjoyed each day of the 3 weeks we spent there, as we have said before we can highly recommend this destination to all fellow travelers. Parga is not a "Nightlife Town" for the young which is what we like about the place. Yes, long weekend for us, hopefully some sunshine too and a bit warmer weather. A BIG THANKS also Kieron & Mags for your kind PayPal Donation which is even more appreciated than ever in these times where people are not travelling and RUclips views are lower!! Have a good Long weekend also both of you! :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
Lovely day trip. Rafting experience was fun to watch and the action camera footage looked good. Frappes go very well in such weather. Always looking forward to learn more about Parga. Enjoyed watching it, have a good day.
Good morning Japjot! Thanks for watching and commenting. We are always happy to hear that you enjoy the videos and thank you so much for your feedback on the action cam. We are also very happy with the footage it gives but the audio is disappointing and we hope that that will be improved on a future model. Rafting was great fun, it was our first time soo the small rapids were more than enough entertainment Ha,Ha! Frappes are made for the hot summers in Greece! Have a good day and upcoming weekend and take care :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
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Thanks for watching our video! Greetings back to you from Copenhagen, Denmark :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
Acheron definitely looks like a nice place to visit. Not so sure about the horse-riding, but would definitely do the wading and river rafting.
And, of course, the frappes and beers!
Thanks for watching Douglas. Acheron was a fantastic place and we hope to return again this summer ;-) Cold Frappes and Beers are a must in Greece! P.S. We have just uploaded a new Parga video yesterday and today (Saturday) a new Thai Airways Tripreport. Have a good weekend :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
Hi Traveller Trip Report I am Zack from Malaysia and nice video today and what car did you drive in Greece ?
Hi there Zack, thanks for watching our video and thank you for your question. We rented a small Suzuki Alto with a 1.2 liter Engine (as far as we remember). Have a good weekend :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
"Ancient Greeks belived that in the river 'Acheron' were located the gates of the underworld. According to the myth, Hermes was the God who led the souls to the banks of the river, then 'Harrodas' received them crossing 'Aherousia Lake' with his black boat. In Greek mythology, the dark kingdom of death was the kingdom of 'Hades' and 'Persephone'. In particular, God Hades, was one of the darkest figures in Greek mythology, a divine existence who provoked the most creepy of feelings." You took a great risk :-) Happy adventures! Cheers, Domenico.
HeHe, thank you so much for watching our video and for your informative and fun comment! Have a good day and upcoming weekend Domenico! :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html
And will definitely give Barba veggelis a try 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Absolutely worth a meal! They get 5 stars from us :-D Link to our video: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html&list=PLFZOg4H3C0gFxtBcBCyjFEzsAPY0wWuFB
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What a beautiful place... Can you also go to the Acheron River via a taxi boat from Parga? If so, do
you know if it takes you to the same area you went to by car or is it just to the caves?
Hi there Maria, thanks for watching! The Acheron River really is beautiful and that is why we visited the area twice while there. We know that there is a cruise up the Acheron River but we do not know anything about it as we ran out of time and did not try it (we will do it next time). Have a good day and upcoming weekend :-D More of our Parga Travel videos can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/gKDp3Evlpn8/видео.html