Preveza

Preveza sits on a narrow peninsula in Epirus, at the point where the Ambracian Gulf (Amvrakikos Gulf) opens into the Ionian Sea. According to the 2021 census the municipality had 30,841 residents, with the town's municipal unit home to 22,868. The town's modern history traces to an Ottoman refoundation around 1477, followed by more than eighty years of Venetian rule between 1717 and 1797. Greek forces took the town during the First Balkan War in October 1912, and it was formally incorporated into the Greek state under the 1913 Treaty of London.

Roughly seven kilometres to the north lie the ruins of ancient Nicopolis, a city founded by the emperor Augustus to commemorate his victory over Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the nearby Battle of Actium in 31 BC; at its height it is estimated to have held around 150,000 people. The narrow, dredged channel connecting the gulf to the open sea runs past the town and, since 2002, has been spanned by the Aktio-Preveza tunnel, Greece's only undersea road tunnel, linking Preveza to the Aktio side of the strait.

For sailors, the gulf's entrance gives Preveza a sheltered, easily navigable approach, with several marinas lining the waterfront and a lively promenade of restaurants and bars just behind them. Its position at the mouth of the gulf, within reach of both the open Ionian coast and Lefkada, makes it a popular stop for gulet charter guests exploring Greece.