Aventuras a Pie (de Página)The Camino Aragonese is a less popular and less traveled variant of the Camino de Santiago; it begins at the port of Somport in France and joins the French Way in Puente La Reina.
It is approximately 170km long, so it can be done in 6 or 7 days.
It has 2 main variants:
1. To the monastery of San Juan de Peña
2. To the mouth of Lumbier (which we recommend)
The video was filmed in August 2022. My travel companion was @AthanasiaNikolakopoulou and she appears in several moments of the video.
The River Acheron (or the “River of Sorrows”) is one of the five mythical rivers of the underworld in Ancient Greece.
Across this river, the ferryman Charon carried the souls of the recently deceased to the realm of Hades in exchange for an obol.
Those who did not pay Charon were left to wander the riverbanks for 100 years, transformed into ghosts.
For this reason, coins were placed on the eyes of the dead at burials.
This river was described in mythology as an unhealthy swamp within a desolate landscape.
However, this mythical river does exist in reality, and that description is far from accurate.
In this video, we explore what the river looks like in the real world.
Locations:
Canyon and Springs (Gliki): https://www.google.com/maps/place/cheron+Springs/@39.3227478,20.6213507,15.21z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x4b24a010905d9dac!8m2!3d39.3276893!4d20.6228352
Beach (Ammoudia): https://www.google.com/maps/place/Acheron+River+Estuary/@39.249551,20.892919,10.46z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf70edbc106810b24!8m2!3d39.2361423!4d20.4761043
We will explore the Pantocrator Castle (Κάστρο Παντοκράτορα in Greek), one of the castles that protected the Ambracian Gulf mouth, a place of very high strategic importance and the site of the most important naval battle in history.
In this video, we visit the Asclepion and the Roman baths, which are exceptionally well preserved…
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Ancient Megalopolis was founded through a synod of twenty to forty neighboring communities between 371 and 368 BC, by the League of Arcadia in an attempt to form a political counterweight to Sparta.
Its construction took 10 years and it became the most important city in Arcadia.
In this video, we explore the ruins and history of Ancient Megalopolis.
We will explore the castle of the city of Amfissa, also known as the castle of Salona or Oria, a castle with turbulent history, ranging from remote antiquity to World War II.
It was attacked, besieged, destroyed and repaired many times by Macedonians, Gauls, Visigoths, Huns, Bulgarians, Slavs, Franks, Catalans, Turks and others.
Today, it is a public park, which has a beautiful view of the current city of Amfissa, with multiple pine paths and even a small theater.
Aigosthena is one of the best-preserved fortresses of antiquity and also one of the least known.
Located less than 60km from Athens, in the village of Porto Germeno, it has the best-preserved tower and the most complete “long wall.”
In this video we will tell you a little about its history and show you its ruins.
Let’s explore the castle of Anthousa, also known as the castle of Ali Pasha, an Ottoman-Italian castle, built 200 years ago to bombard a city.
It was 50km long, where it crossed rivers and mountains. Its structure included canals, tunnels, and bridges.
In this video we are going to cover several of the places where it is visible and we are going to tell a little of its history.
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Nicopolis, or “the city of victory,” was the most important Roman city founded in Greek territory.
It included a stadium, theater, odeon, temples, churches, city walls, and much more.
In this second part, we’ll visit the Christian ruins and learn a bit about their history…