Car Hire Ioannina Airport

Ioannina National Airport situated near 4 km from the center of the city of Ioannina, Greece. Ioannina - the capital and biggest city of Epirus (known as Jannena). Ioannina Airport itself is not very big with few facilities, but in the close neighborhoods there are many firms that offer diverse services like for ex. car rental firms. If you are interested in renting a car, you can easily book one by internet or you simply may get one by contacting one of the car rental companies from the terminal.

Not far away from Ioannina National Airport is located the city of Ioannina – a historical center of the region with small shops and houses, special shops with souvenirs for tourist. The city Jannena is considered a green city since it has many trees near the castles and fortress walls. The city itself and the near the town places have lots of historical monuments and museum which discover you personalities and culture of the Greek people. If you travel by car hire 10 km south of the Ioannina you can find Pavlos Vrellis Greek History Museum which has a collection of wax sculptures with different personalities of Greek history. With a rented car you can freely travel through the city and its proximity. It’s an accessible and very convenient way of traveling. Many tourists also can rent scooters and bicycles and exploit the local Greek villages. They can see and taste the well known feta cheese, baklava and spring water called Zagori.

While driving in the city you will see many shops selling different silverwork items, as jewelry, serving trays, arms, etc… many of these are unique hand made things, some of them are made base on the old techniques of silver processing.

When visiting Ioanina don’t forget to visit the islet on Lake Pamvotis -an island museum with lots of taverns, shops, churches and unique monasteries. Near Ioanina is also found an ancient theatre called Dodona which is a must see place for sure. If you drive back to the town you can find in the center of the city the ottoman fortress which was build with the purpose of confusing the pirates who reached the castle walls. The castle streets are many and most of them lead to now were. That’s a very interesting place to see -many tourists like it and have fun while making their confusing journeys on these lost streets.