Agrínion, situated just northwest of Lake Trikhonis, is chief town of the nomos (district) of Aetolia and center of the local tobacco trade.
The archeological museum, the Pepastratios Municipal Library, and the grove of Áyios Christóforos on the hillside, are some of the sights worth visiting in the town.
Agrínion is also home to the Papastratia festival of cultural and sporting events, which is held annually in June.
27km/17mi east of Agrínion, on the northern shore of Lake Trikhonis, is the temple of Apollo at Thérmos. Here, near an earlier Helladic megaron, a first temple of Apollo was built in the 10th - ninth century B.C. Its successor, of which some remains survive, was built about 625 B.C.
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Greek National Day (March 25), May Day / Labor Day (May 1), Christmas - Christian (December 25), Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26), Easter - Christian
The Archaeological Museum in Agrinion displays artifacts from the Aetoloacarnania district covering the periods from Prehistory to the Roman times.
Address: Archaeological Museum of Agrinion, 1-2 N. Diamanti Street, 30100 Agrínion, Greece
Hours:
April 1 to October 31: 8am-7:30pm
November 1 to March 31: 8:30am-3pm; Closed: Mon
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), May Day / Labor Day (May 1), Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26), Christmas - Christian (December 25), Good Friday - Christian, Easter - Christian
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