Lamia

city in central Greece

Lamia (Greek: Λαμία) (Population: 64,716 (2011)) is the capital of the Phthiotis region of West Central Greece.

Understand

Get in

Lamia sits almost in the middle between Athens (211 km) and Thessaloniki (295 km).

By bus

There are KTEL intercity buses starting at Lamia 🌍 bus station.

By train

Lamia 🌍 train station is no longer on the main line Athens - Thessaloniki. Timetable is available on TrainOse website

Get around

See

  • 🌍 Lamia Fortress (Greek: Kastro Lamias). (updated Mar 2016)
  • 🌍 Archaeological Museum (inside the fortress). (updated Mar 2016)
  • 🌍 Gorgopotamos Bridge — The railway bridge over the river Gorgopotamos is famous for one of the biggest sabotage acts of World War II, known as "Operation Harling". A British mission and 150 Greek partisans blew it up on 25 November 1942, cutting off German supplies being transported between Athens and Thessaloniki.

Do

  • Football: PAS Lamia 1964 play soccer in Superleague, the Greek top tier. Their home ground is Municipal Stadium (capacity 5500) 1 km north of town centre.

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Connect

Go next

Loutra Ypatis - A spa town on the foothills of Mt Oiti, 20 minutes away by car.

Routes through Lamia
Thessaloniki ← Mt Olympus Volos ←  N  S  → Chalcis Thebes → Athens
Itea ← Delphi Mount Parnassus ←  SO  SE  → Thermopylae


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