Mitsikeli

#695 among destinations in Greece

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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Mitsikeli is a mountain range in the central part of the Pindus mountains, in Epirus, Greece. The mountain is located northeast of Ioannina and Lake Ioannina. Its highest elevation is 1,810 m. It stretches from near Kalpaki in the northwest to the eastern end of Lake Ioannina, a total length of 35 km. The northeastern slopes and the lower northwestern part of Mitsikeli are forested. The nearest mountains are the Tymfi to the north, the Lygkos to the northeast and the Lakmos to the east. It is drained by tributaries of the Thyamis to the northwest, towards Lake Ioannina to the southwest, by the Voidomatis to the northeast and by the Arachthos to the southeast. ()

Local name: Μιτσικέλι Elevation: 5938 ftCoordinates: 39°42'47"N, 20°54'22"E

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Epirus and Western MacedoniaGreece

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Mitsikeli – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ioannina Castle, Aslan Pasha Mosque, Fethiye Mosque, Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina.

3.8 miSW
Forts and castles
Ioannina Castle, Ioannina
97 min walk • The Ioannina Castle is the fortified old town of the city of Ioannina in northwestern Greece. The present fortification dates largely to the reconstruction under Ali Pasha in the late Ottoman period, but incorporates also pre-existing Byzantine elements.
3.7 miSW
Architecture, Mosque
Aslan Pasha Mosque, Ioannina
94 min walk • The Aslan Pasha Mosque is an Ottoman-built mosque in the city of Ioannina, Greece. The mosque was built in 1618 in the city's castle, replacing the Church of Saint John, which was torn down after the failed anti-Ottoman revolt of 1611 led by Dionysius the Philosopher.
3.7 miSW
Mosque
Fethiye Mosque, Ioannina
95 min walk • The Fethiye Mosque is an Ottoman mosque in Ioannina, Greece. The mosque was built in the city's inner castle immediately after the conquest by the Ottomans in 1430, near the ruins of an early 13th-century Byzantine church dedicated to the Archangels Michael and Gabriel.
3.7 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina, Ioannina
94 min walk • The Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina is a museum in Ioannina, Greece. It is housed in the Aslan Pasha Mosque, also known as the Mosque of Ali Pasha, in the Ioannina Castle since 1933.
4.3 miSW
Museum, Art museum
Municipal Art Gallery of Ioannina, Ioannina
109 min walk • The Municipal Art Gallery of Ioannina is an art museum in Ioannina, Greece that has been open in its current building since 2000. The collection of over 500 items ranges from classical to modern paintings and sculptures.
4.2 miSW
Museum, History museum, Archaeological museum
Archaeological Museum, Ioannina
107 min walk • The Archaeological Museum of Ioannina is a museum located in Litharitsa Park in the centre of Ioannina, Greece. The museum contains many artifacts unearthed in the surrounding area such as Palaeolithic tools, from Kokkinopilos, Asprochaliko and Kastritsa, the ruins of Dodoni and ancient cemeteries such as Vitsa and the Oracle of Acheron.
3.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Pamvotida, Ioannina
92 min walk • Lake Pamvotida or Pamvotis, commonly also Lake of Ioannina is the largest lake of Epirus, located in the central part of the Ioannina regional unit in northern Greece.
4.2 miSW
Museum and byzantine art
Byzantine Museum of Ioannina, Ioannina
107 min walk • The Byzantine Museum of Ioannina is housed in one of the buildings of citadel of Ioannina, the capital of the Epirus region in northwestern Greece. The central section was built in the 1960s and originally functioned as a Royal Pavilion.
3 miSW
Island
Ioannina Island, Ioannina
77 min walk • Ioannina Island is an island in the Lake of Ioannina, Epirus, Greece, a municipal unit of the municipality of Ioannina. Its area is 0.2 km², with biggest length 800 meters and biggest width 500 meters.
4.4 miSW
Sport, Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue
Zosimades Stadium, Ioannina
112 min walk • The National Stadium of Ioannina, more commonly known as Zosimades Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium based on Ioannina, Greece and named after the 18th-century Zosimades brothers, benefactors of the city.
3.1 miW
Town
Perama
80 min walk • Perama is a town and a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ioannina, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies about 4 km north of central Ioannina.