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There's no doubt Patra is feeling the crisis, evidenced by closed shops, lack of tourist
office and scrappy port-side streets. Nevertheless, on the city's more attractive pedestrian
hub, you'll find a cosmopolitan city with a vibrant cafe and clubbing scene (helped by
the presence of Patra's 20,000 university students), some interesting sites and a busy arts-
and-culture community.
Patra's cityscape is dominated by a former port (note: the new ferry port is located
south of town), bland 1950s concrete tenements and a few surviving 19th-century neo-
classical buildings. But the city also has attractive squares and architectural landmarks,
such as the Apollon Theatre, the impressive archaeological museum and the Rio-Andirio
suspension bridge, an engineering feat that links the city with western continental
Greece.
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