Lovely Katakolo near Olympia

Welcome to Katakolo!

  A small maritime city with natural and historical beauty, situated at the Preference of Western Ilia, near the ancient city of Fia.

  Katakolo combines mountain and sea, as it is the current port of the preference's capital, the city of Pyrgos. The port is full of cafeterias and taverns which replaced the old raisin houses, giving a traditional tone to the area.

  During the summer season, Katakolo is plain of Greek and foreign tourists and its port is full of cruise ships. You need to have a lot of free time in order to explore the place's beauty and to go site-seeing (it's near the ancient city of Olympia) and swimming to its dreamy beaches.

Pyrgos the capital of Elis

Pyrgos (Greek: Πύργος, meaning "tower") is the capital of the Elis regional unit in Greece. The city is located in the western part of the Peloponnese, in the middle of a plain, 4 km from the Ionian Sea. The river Alfeios flows into sea about 7 km south of Pyrgos. The population of the town Pyrgos is 23,791, and of the municipality 51,777 (2001). Pyrgos is 16 km west of Olympia, 16 km southeast of Amaliada, 70 km southwest of Patras and 85 km west of Tripoli.

Municipality

The Latseio City Hall of Pyrgos.

The municipality Pyrgos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

Hotel in Pyrgos near Olympia