Karytaina-Dimitsana Road
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The Karytaina-Dimitsana Road is a 30-km long road that connects the two federal roads, the GR-76 near Karytaina
and the GR-74
(Pyrgos
- Tripoli
, about 10 km north of Dimitsana
. It runs entirely in the Arcadia
prefecture and the province of Gortynia
. The road was paved in the 1960s and the 1970s. It runs entirely east of the Lousios Gorge and its river. The road is considered scenic and it offers a breathtaking view of the Lousios Gorge.
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Karytaina
Karytaina is a village in Arcadia, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality Gortyna. Karytaina had a 2001 population of 204 for the village and 257 for the municipal district...
and the GR-74
Greek National Road 74
Greek National Road 74 is a highway linking Pyrgos, Olympia, Tripoli and GR-7/E65. The west to east highway runs in the western and the central part of the Peloponnese. The highway begins in Pyrgos and into the hills and Olympia and used to ran through narrow roads which now bypasses Pyrgos and...
(Pyrgos
Pyrgos, Elis
Pyrgos is the capital of the Elis peripheral unit in Greece. It is named after a local tower. The city is located in the western part of the Peloponnese, in the middle of a plain near the Ionian Sea. It is 96 km away from Patras via Greek National Road 9, 320 km from Athens, and...
- Tripoli
Tripoli
Tripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...
, about 10 km north of Dimitsana
Dimitsana
Dimitsana is a village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is built on the ruins of the ancient town Teuthis...
. It runs entirely in the Arcadia
Arcadia
Arcadia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Peloponnese. It is situated in the central and eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas. In Greek mythology, it was the home of the god Pan...
prefecture and the province of Gortynia
Gortynia
Gortynia is a municipality in the Arcadia peripheral unit, Peloponnese Periphery, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Dimitsana.-Municipality:...
. The road was paved in the 1960s and the 1970s. It runs entirely east of the Lousios Gorge and its river. The road is considered scenic and it offers a breathtaking view of the Lousios Gorge.
Information
Karytaina's gas station is by the road in Karytaina and bypasses the town since the 1960s. The road enters a place filled with forests, hills and groves up to Elliniko. It enters a grassy area and it becomes treacherous north to Dimitsana and offers views of Megalopoli and the Lykaio mountains as well as a mountain to the south and the Loussios gorge. North of the junction, the road is difficult, treacherous and narrow throughout. Power lines runs on the west side. It enters into narrow nearly unvegetated valleys. Into the town of Stemnitsa, the road is almost one-laned for 1 km and by the road is several shops, the town hall of Trikolones, the town square and its post office, after the road slightly narrows and again sees the forested part of the gorge, into Dimitsama and again one-laned for 1 km but slightly longer and passes by the town hall, shops, its school?, its post office and a town square and runs narrowly for a couple of kilometres, it enters a forested valley and at the junction with the road to Servos passes near a farmland, at about 1.5 km, the road ends at the GR-74Greek National Road 74
Greek National Road 74 is a highway linking Pyrgos, Olympia, Tripoli and GR-7/E65. The west to east highway runs in the western and the central part of the Peloponnese. The highway begins in Pyrgos and into the hills and Olympia and used to ran through narrow roads which now bypasses Pyrgos and...
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Junctions and Intersections
- Road to the town of KarytainaKarytainaKarytaina is a village in Arcadia, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality Gortyna. Karytaina had a 2001 population of 204 for the village and 257 for the municipal district...
and AtsicholosAtsicholos-Nearest places:*Maratha , west*Stemnitsa, northeast*Elliniko, east*Karytaina, south-Information:Its main production are olives, citrus, fruits, vegetables and other crops, several common crops are rarely common...
(1st km) - Poor road to the Lousios Gorge
- Road to Syrna, Palamari, PavliaPavliaPavlia , is a Greek village located around 15 km northwest of Megalopoli, about 30 km southeast of Andritsaina, about 8 km southeast of Karytaina, about 45 km west-southwest of Tripoli and about 25 km southeast of Dimitsana. Its ancient name was Oureo. Pavlia is in the...
and Palaiomoiri (Koloni) - Road to ZygovistiZygovistiZigovisti is a village in the municipal unit Dimitsana, western Arcadia, Greece. It is located 6 km SSE of Dimitsana and 2 km from the Karytaina - Dimitsana Road, about 6 km NE of Stemnitsa, S of Lagkadia and S of GR-74, about 40 km NW of Tripoli, about 21 km NE of...
- Road to Alonistana and TripoliTripoli, GreeceTripoli is a city of about 25,000 inhabitants in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the centre of the municipality of Tripolis, pop...
, see Dimitsana-Tripoli Road - Road to ZatounaZatounaZatouna is a Greek settlement in the west-southwest of Arcadia. It is in the municipal unit of Dimitsana in the Peloponnese. Zatouna is connected with the road linking Dimitsana as well as the Karytaina-Dimitsana Road. Zatouna had a 2001 population of 75 for the village and 203 for the municipal...
- Road to Servos