Greek National Road 6 ( el, Εθνική Οδός 6, abbreviated as EO6) is a national road in north-central

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

. It begins at the port of

Igoumenitsa Igoumenitsa ( el, Ηγουμενίτσα, ) is a coastal city in northwestern Greece. It is the capital of the regional unit of Thesprotia. Igoumenitsa is the chief port of Thesprotia and Epirus, and one of the largest passenger ports of Greece, ...

and ends at

Volos Volos ( el, Βόλος ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the sixth most populous city of Greece, and the capital of the Magnesia regional unit ...

, passing through the towns Ioannina,

Metsovo Metsovo ( el, Μέτσοβο; rup, Aminciu) is a town in Epirus, in the mountains of Pindus in northern Greece, between Ioannina to the west and Meteora to the east. The largest centre of Aromanian (Vlach) life in Greece, Metsovo is a large r ...

Trikala Trikala ( el, Τρίκαλα; rup, Trikolj) is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios. According to the Greek National Stati ...

and Larissa. The section between Metsovo and Volos is part of the

European route E92 European route E 92 is an A-Class European route, crossing the Greek regions of Epirus and Thessaly. E 92 routes through the following local capitals (direction west-east): Igoumenitsa, Ioannina, Trikala, Larisa, Volos. The part Igo ...

. The road runs through five regional units (

Thesprotia Thesprotia (; el, Θεσπρωτία, ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital and largest town is Igoumenitsa. Thesprotia is named after the Thesprotians, an ancient Greek tribe that inhabited the ...

, Ioannina,

, Larissa and Magnesia) and the regions of

Epirus sq, Epiri rup, Epiru , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = Historical region , image_map = Epirus antiquus tabula.jpg , map_alt = , map_caption = Map of ancient Epirus by Heinri ...

and

Thessaly Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, The ...

. The route begins in Igoumenitsa. It passes north of Ioannina and its lake, near Perama. It crosses the

Pindus The Pindus (also Pindos or Pindhos; el, Πίνδος, Píndos; sq, Pindet; rup, Pindu) is a mountain range located in Northern Greece and Southern Albania. It is roughly 160 km (100 miles) long, with a maximum elevation of 2,637 metres ...

mountains, passing through

. It runs through Kalampaka and bypasses

. It then passes into the plain and runs through Larissa. Between the southeast of Larissa and

Velestino Velestino ( el, Βελεστίνο; rup, Velescir) is a town in the Magnesia regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality Rigas Feraios. Location It is situated at elevation on a hillside, at the southeastern end o ...

, it has been replaced by the A1 motorway. From Velestino it continues east and it ends at the Aegean port of

. As of 2015, the section between Trikala and Larissa has been upgraded to a dual carriageway and has expressway standards.Opening of a new bridge in the National Road Trikala-Larissa
/ref> The new A2 motorway offers a faster connection between Igoumenitsa, Ioannina and Metsovo.

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(junction with A2) *

Parapotamos Parapotamos ( el, Παραπόταμος, before 1928: Βάρφανη - ''Varfani'') is a village and a former municipality in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Igoumenitsa, of which ...

(junction with EO18) * Ioannina (junctions with EO5, EO20) *

(junction with A2) *

Panagia Panagia ( el, Παναγία, fem. of , + , the ''All-Holy'', or the ''Most Holy''; pronounced ) (also transliterated Panaghia or Panajia), in Medieval and Modern Greek, is one of the titles of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern ...

(junction with A2) *

Kalampaka Kalabaka ( el, Καλαμπάκα, ''Kalabáka'', alternative transliterations are ''Kalambaka'' and ''Kalampaka'') is a town and seat of the municipality of Meteora in the Trikala regional unit, part of Thessaly in Greece. The population was ...

(junction with EO15) *

(junction with EO30) * Larissa (junctions with A1, EO1, EO3) *

(junction with A1) *

(junctions with EO30, EO34)

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Interstate The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States. Th ...

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