Preveza

Description

Preveza lies at the entrance to a large inland gulf, the Ambrakikos Gulf on the Ionian coast of Greece,five miles NE of the town of Lefkas and the northern entrance to the Lefkas Canal. The gulf is entered via a half mile long entrance channel between extensive sandbanks, which is dredged to a depth of six metres. The town of Preveza on the NW side on entry has a half mile long quay with space for several dozen yachts to lie alongside or stern-bows-to, while on the SE side in the area of Aktion are three large boatyards,Cleopatra Marina Ionion Marine (formerly known confusingly as Preveza Marine) and Aktio Marine. A road tunnel under the channel links the yards to the commercial centre, shops, banks and port authorities in Preveza on the opposite shore. Between them the yards can haul out over 1,500 boats and are a popular wintering spot for cruising yachts, with a full range of repair and maintenance services and well-stocked chandleries. In addition, Cleopatra has a small, 100-berth marina with all the usual services. On the Preveza side there is also an unfinished marina at the N end of the town quay (which used to be generally full of laid up yachts but is now due for development following the granting of a lease to Cleopatra Marina)and a small yard in an inlet about 0.8nM further north. The town`s small airport on the Aktion side, 1.5 kms from the yards, has flights (mainly charter) during the season to most European destinations.