Central Greece and Euboea Info, Thessaly

Patras is the third-largest city of Greece and the capital of the prefecture of Achaea, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers to the west of Athens. The city is built at the foothills of Mount Panachaikon, overlooking the Gulf of Patras.

Kamena Vourla is a municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. Population 5,064 (2001). It is crossed by the main highway connecting Athens and Thessaloniki. Closest modern town to the site of the battle of Thermopylae (480 B.C.)

Loutraki (Greek, Modern: ËïõôñÜêé, Ancient/Katharevousa: ËïõôñÜêéïí) is a seaside town located 4 km NE of Corinth in the Prefecture of Corinthia, Greece. Loutraki is the seat of the municipality Loutraki-Perachora. It is largely a tourist town, and is well-kown in Greece for its vast natural springs. The name itself, Loutraki derives from the Greek word for Spring. Within Greece, Loutraki is also famous for its spring water, which is bottled and sold widely.

Volos is a coastal port city situated at the center of the Greek mainland, about 326 km north from Athens and 215 km south from Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia prefecture.

Xylokastro is a city that is 40 km W of Corinth via GR-8, which is also E65. Its interchange is about 1.5 km W, west of the river.