Patras (Patra)

Greece’s third-largest city sits where the Peloponnese meets the Gulf of Patras—a working port town that’s less concerned with posing for tourists than with its wine industry, agriculture, university life, and hosting Europe’s largest carnival every spring. Patras (also spelled Patra) is totally different from Athens or Thessaloniki—grittier, more industrial, less polished—but it’s also more…