Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
DESTINATION
TIME
FARE
FREQUENCY
Agios Konstantinos
50min
€4.30
hourly
Amfissa
1½hr
€7.10
1-2 daily
Athens
3hr
€20.50
hourly
Delphi*
2hr
€9.20
1-2 daily
Karpenisi
1¾hr
€7.20
2-3 daily
Larisa
1½hr
€12.70
6 daily
Patra
3hr
€18.80
3 daily
Thessaloniki
4hr
€25.80
6 daily
Trikala**
2hr
€11.80
6 daily
Volos
2hr
€12.70
2 daily
* change in Amfissa
** change for Meteora & Kalambaka
TRAIN
Lamia's main train station is 6km west of the town centre at Lianokladi. Train tickets
should be purchased in Lamia from the
OSE ticket office
( 22310 44883; Konstadinopo-
leos, Kon/Poleos)
, where an OSE shuttle bus links with the Lianokladi train station.
Regular trains from here run to both Athens and Thessaloniki.
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Iti National ParkΕθνικός Δρυμός Οίτης
Iti is one of Greece's most beautiful but least developed national parks. It's a verdant re-
gion with forests of fir and black pine, meadows and snow-melt pools fringed by marsh
orchids, and home to woodpeckers, eagles, deer and boar. According to mythology, Her-
cules built his own funeral pyre on Mt Iti, before joining his divine peers on Mt Olym-
pus.
Trails are not uniformly well marked, though a good day hike begins clearly at Ipati
and climbs to a refuge (Trapeza at 1850m) near the Pyrgos summit (2152m). Other day
hikes reach the villages of Kastania and Kapnohori. For information about hikes on Mt
Iti, contact the
Hellenic Federation of Mountaineering
(
21036 45904;
www.eooa.gr
)
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