Parga

Parga is a very popular and busy tourist resort lying on the Ionian coast of Greece, 15 miles SE of Igoumenitsa and 25 miles NW of Preveza. Originally a small village with a tiny port on the East side and a long shingle beach on the West, Parga has now expanded into the leading tourist destination on the mainland coast of West Greece. Of the Ionian tourist destinations, only Corfu attracts more summer visitors.

The town is dominated by an imposing Venetian castle crowning the peninsula around which it sits, which is a useful landmark on arrival. For the visiting yachtsman, the only realistic berthing option is to anchor on the NW side of the long beach to the West of the town, Ormos Valtou, where shelter is reasonably good from the prevailing NW winds. Out of season and in settled weather, it may be possible for one or two yachts to anchor in the small bay to the East of the tiny port, although shelter here is less good.