In Ammoudia the river Acheron flows into the sea. In the antiquity this river was holy and was known as the entrance to the Hades. The ferryman Chairon tooks the deads to the other side of the Acheron.

Only 4 kilometers away from Ammoudia lies - above the village Mesopotamo - the ancient oracle Nekromanteion. At this place the living persons ware able to interview the deads.