Lake Pamvotis Information Center

Ioannina


Learn about Ioannina Island's natural world – and how humans have worked with it for centuries – at this two-storey exhibit space. After a quick visit, you're better equipped to spot birds and other wildlife on a stroll around the 'back' of the island – just follow the little paved road around, right along the water's edge. The stroll takes about 30 minutes.

The centre is not well signposted. Walk to the left of the Ali Pasha Museum and follow the waterfront path around behind.


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1. Ali Pasha Museum

0.04 MILES

On Ioannina's idyllic island, the monastery where Ali Pasha made his last stand (or recline, really) in 1822 is now a small, cheerfully morbid museum,…

2. Ioannina Island

0.11 MILES

In the middle of the lake, the reed-encircled patch of land locals just call To Nisi (The Island) is a pretty, peaceful destination, whether you just want…

3. Moni Filanthropinon

0.22 MILES

This monastery, active at least since the 13th century, bursts with flowers and is tended by kindly nuns – in stark contrast with its church, in which one…

4. Byzantine Museum

0.93 MILES

This museum presents early Christian and Byzantine art, pottery, coins and silverware, plus post-Byzantine icons and manuscripts, early Venetian-produced…

5. Municipal Ethnographic Museum

0.95 MILES

Set inside the Aslan Pasha Mosque (1619), the museum exhibits local costumes and period photographs, along with tapestries and prayer shawls from Ioannina…

6. Its Kale

0.98 MILES

A more heavily fortified section within the Kastro, the Its Kale (Inner Castle) today feels less like a citadel than a city park. Inside the ramparts, on…

7. Silversmithing Museum

1.02 MILES

Although the centre of Ioannina no longer rings with the distinctive tapping hammers of the city's famous artisans, that sound and their trade are…

8. Kahila Kedosha Yashan Synagogue

1.13 MILES

Open only by appointment, this temple, built in 1829, is nonetheless worth scheduling ahead if you're interested in Ioannina's deep Jewish history…