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( 22370 25976; Riga Fereou 18; mains €6-13)
It's all about the food and less about the ambi-
ence in this cavernous space with a leafy outdoor terrace. The huge menu features plenty
of grilled lamb and pork, plus a hearty goat soup (€7).
Saloon Park
BAR, CAFE
(Karpenisi-Prousos road)
A popular, if incongruous, bar-cafe 3km south of town. The un-
mistakable theme is the American Old West, with a Jack Daniels-meets-ouzo ambience.
A stable is attached.
Information
Several banks around the central square have ATMs.
Hospital
( 22373 50100; Ethnikis Antistasis 9)
Phoenix Internet Café
(Kosma Aitolou; per hr €2;
11am-late)
Police
(
22370 23666; Pavlou Bakogianni 2)
Post Office
(cnr Agiou Nikolaou & Athanasiou Karpenisiotou;
7.30am-2pm)
Getting There & Away
Karpenisi's
KTEL bus station
( 22370 80013/4)
is 1.5km southeast of town. Buses run
to Athens (€25, five hours, two daily) and Lamia (€7.20, 1½ hours, two daily).
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Around Karpenisi
From Karpenisi a scenic mountain road leads south for 34km towards the village of
Prousos and the 12th-century
Moni Panagias Proussiotissas
( 22370 80705)
. Pilgrims
flock here on 23 August for the Feast of the Assumption, to drink holy water from the
spring and to step into the cavelike
katholikon
(principal church of a monastery), which
claims to have a miracle-working icon of the Virgin Mary.
Just 14km south of Karpenisi are the twin villages of
Mikro Horio
(Little Village),
with a couple of good tavernas, and
Megalo Horio
(Big Village). This scenic village
boasts traditional stone houses and a charming
Folklore Museum
(
10am-2.30pm Fri-
.
Sun Sep-Jul, 10.30am-2.30pm & 6-8pm Aug)
