Arachovitika, Arahovitika or Arakhovitika (Greek: Αραχωβίτικα fr. Αράχωβα Arachova) is a village located in the municipality of Rio in the northern part of the prefecture of Achaia and is the third northernmost community in the Peloponnese. Cape Drepano is a trapezoidal cape facing the northwest and is the northernmost point in the Peloponnese and the prefecture of Achaia. The village is connected slightly northwest of the old GR-8 linking Patras and Corinth and the road to nearby Drepano to the south. The nearest interchange for the GR-8A superhighway is nearly 6 km SW via the roundabout. The Gulf of Corinth lies directly to the north and the Strait of Rio-Antirio west of the cape. It is located about 6 km NE of Rio, about 12 km NE of Patras about 6 km ENE of the Rio-Antirio Bridge and 211 km W of Athens via the new road and about 215 km W from the old highway. This article is about the modern Greek district Achaea. ... Greece and the Peloponnese The Peloponnese (Greek Πελοπόννησος, Peloponnesos; Latinized as Peloponnesus, and principally known in English as the Peloponnese) is a large peninsula in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth. ... Greece Interstate 8 is an old highway linking the cities of Patras, Corinth and Athens. ... Greece Interstate 8A, sometimes Greece Interstate 8 is a toll freeway running from Kifissou some from Skaramangas, outside athend to northeast of Patras, that once had two-lanes running for 70% of the freeway 45 km, now its 45%, 105 km, Patras-Rhion, Longos-Selimantika interchange, Aegion, Platanos to Akrata... The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. ... This is a town that uses the same modern name, for other uses see Rio Rio or Rion, Latin: Rhion or Rhium (Greek: Modern: Ρίο Rio, Ancient: Ρίον Rion) is a suburban town north of Patras, Greece. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ...

Subdivision

• Kato Arachovitika (pop: 334 1991) - a village that lies next to Arachovitika's beach. Kato Arachotivika is one of the northernmost settlements in the Peloponnese and the prefecture.

Nearest places

• Agios Vasileios, west
• Drepano,south, bounded by the toll superhighway
• Psathopyrgos, east
• Cape Drepano (geographic feature), north
• Kato Arachovitika, NW

Agios Vasileios, also Agios Vassileios, Agios Vassilios, Agios Vassilios, Aghios Vasileios, Aghios Vassileios, Aghios Vasilios or Agios Vassilios (Greek: Άγιος Βασίλειος) , older forms, Ayios Vasileios, Ayios Vassileios, Agios Vassilios and Ayios Vasilios is a village located in the municipality of Rio in the northern part of the prefecture of Achaia in the...

Geography

• Location:
  • Arachivitika:
    • Longitude: 21.834 (21°50'8') E
    • Latitude: 38.3225 (38°19'25') N
  • Kato Arachovitika:
    • Longitude: 21.842 (21°50'33') E
    • Latitude: 38.327 (38°19'37') N
• Postal code: 265 00
• Elevation:
  • lowest: Gulf of Corinth and the Strait of Rio-Antirio
  • centre: about 10 m
  • highest: about 200 to 250 m
• Dialing code: +11+30-2610 (030-2610)-93x xxx

Greece Dialing code 2610 is an area code for much of the metropolitan area of Patras. ...

Historical population

Arachovitika has a school, a church, a small train station (Patras - Corinth - Athens), and a square (plateia). Arachovitika is also the northernmost and then easternmost suburban Patras community. 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Temple of Apollo at Corinth Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the original isthmus, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. ... Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...

Arachovitika is very famous for its beaches located to the northwest stretching up to the cape and also includes a spa. The next main industry are agriculture and fishing especially at the harbor named Arachovitika to its northwest.

The area aroung Arachovitika has mainly groves with a few pasture lands and other types of crop surrounding the area while in the southwest. Most of the land are groves. Forests are around the plain and south of the community as well as mountains and an abandoned mining area near Drepano. Th emountains are bushy but forests lie to the southeast near Psathopyrgos. There have never been suburban housing developments. Arachovitika is bounded by the superhighway GR-8A/E65 (Patras - Athens) which also accesses to GR-5/E55, GR-9/E55 and GR-48/E65 through the westbound lanes to its southeast and east. The mountains are to the east and another which was used for mining in the mid 20th century lies northeast. The Panachaiko cannot be seen, the mountains of southeastern part of Acarnania including Nafpaktia with Nafpaktos and the southern part of Phokida is to the west and the Rio-Antirio bridge. The small stream which flows near Drepano lies less than 1 km E of the centre and does not form the communal boundary with Drepano. The railway runs 1 km N and almost encircles the northern part of about 1 km. Greece Interstate 8A, sometimes Greece Interstate 8 is a toll freeway running from Kifissou some from Skaramangas, outside athend to northeast of Patras, that once had two-lanes running for 70% of the freeway 45 km, now its 45%, 105 km, Patras-Rhion, Longos-Selimantika interchange, Aegion, Platanos to Akrata... Greece Interstate 5 is a highway in Western Greece. ... The European route E55 passes through the following cities: Helsingborg - Elsinore - Rostock - Berlin - Dresden - Teplice - Prague - Vienna - Ancona - Ioannina - Arta (bypasses) - Amphilochia - Agrinion - Messolonghi - Rhion * Antirrhion - Patras - Kourtesi - Marathia - Pyrgos - Epitalion - Zacharo - Kalo Nero - near Dorio - near Oichalia - Allagi - Thouria - Kalamáta From Helsingborg, the route continues northward through Sweden and... Greece Interstate 9 is the second-longest national highway that runs into the Peloponnese. ... Greece Interstate 48 is a highway in Western and Central Greece. ... The Panachaicus (Greek, Modern: Παναχαϊκό, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on, commonly Panachaïkos or Panachaiko and Panahaiko, Voidia or Vodia in medieval, post-medieval and until the beginning of the 20th century. ... Acarnania was a region of ancient central western Greece that lay along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia, with the Achelous River for a boundary, and north of the gulf of Calydon, which is the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth. ... Naupactus is also a scientific name, see Naupactus (beetle) Nafpaktos, Latin: Naupactus or Naupactos (Italian, Lepanto; modern Greek, Ναύπακτος, rarely Epakto), is a town in the nomarchy of Acarnania and Aetolia, Greece, situated on a bay on the north side of the straits of Lepanto. ... Phocis (Greek, Modern: Φωκίδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -s, also Phokida, Phokis) is an ancient district of central Greece. ... The piers of the Rio-Antirio bridge can slide on their gravel beds to accommodate tectonic movement. ...

The new superhighway runs south of the community. It was constructed in the mid 20th century along with an interchange with two curves. It was opened a few years later. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

A boat which was named after the nearby bay Arachovitika Bay which was a Maltese freighter which in 1999 was charged for receiving no wages and cut off from heating and water. The freighter on April 2001 was laid in Dublin and on April 19, the ship was sold for auction. Cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship that carries goods and materials from one port to another. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: April 1: An EP-3E United States Navy plane collides with a Chinese Peoples Liberation Army fighter jet. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath1),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located2 near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region3. ... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ...

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See also

• Communities of Achaia