Traveler's Guide

East Macedonia & Thrace

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Region of East Macedonia & Thrace

The Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace occupies the northeastern part of Greece. It borders with Turkey easterly, Bulgaria northern and with the Regional Unit of Serres westerly. Southwest is washed by the Aegean Sea and southeast by the Thracian Sea. It includes the Regional Unities: Drama, Kavala, Xanthi, Rodopi and Evros.

It has a total area of 14.157 thousand hectares and covers the 10.7% of the total area of the country.

Also includes two major islands of Thracian Sea, Thassos and Samothrace. 

Crossroad of major sea and land routes by which, for thousands of years, are moving people and goods, ideas and habits to and from the four cardinal points: from the Black Sea and Asia to Western Europe and from North Europe and the Balkans to the Mediterranean and North Africa.

The traces of its history, that start from the Paleolithic season and arrive to our days, are everywhere: caves, rock paintings, forts, temples, theaters, citadels, mines, graves, tumuli, marble quarries, Christian monuments, monasteries and holy places , aqueducts, Islamic monuments, traditional villages, Megara, mansions, tobacco warehouses.

The Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, during the ancient times, was covered by forests at the rate of about 80%, but today this percentage has limited to 55% per area. In its extent there are trackless forests, virgin nature, high mountains, rich flora and fauna, large rivers, lakes and lagoons and an endless coastline with clear blue waters and friendly beaches.

The region is a place of music, dance, feast and ritual. Dionysus and Orpheus never left from this earth. The reversals of nature (winter, spring, etc.) give an opportunity for reversals of another class: masquerading and walking over fires, and outspoken sprees, kidnappings and robberies, all in the context of ritual.

Municipal Gallery of Xanthi

Municipal Gallery of Xanthi The municipal art gallery located in the corner Orpheus and Pindar. In a beautiful old mansion of the family Kalevra, where located in the Old Town of Xanthi, houses the ...

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Inscription on the rock in Roussa

Inscription on the rock in Roussa West of Roussa at the foot of the hill of Chilia, stands a monument that indicates the existence of life in the region since the ancient times. The carved drawnings ...

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Anastasiadis House (Marbled House)

Anastasiadis House (Marbled House) The marbled house, with a tobacco warehouse and a yard space are the oldest and the most noteworthy historical and architectural complex which is preserved in Drama from the age ...

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Sunneh Mosque

Sunneh Mosque The mosque is located at the intersection of the roads Skiathos and the 9th Merarxeias, in the old quarter Sunneh Mahallesi, and it’s part of a larger building complex. The ...

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Holy Church of Saint George Skala Rachoni

Holy Church of Saint George Skala Rachoni The church celebrates on August 15, when, after the operation, the feast of Holy Mary, the famous Qurbani or Kloumpani, takes place, in which it is offered veal stew. The ...

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Holy Church of the Entrance of Holy Mary

Holy Church of the Entrance of Holy Mary In the Metropolitan throne of Drama in 1902 is positioned tha national martyr Chrysostomos Kalafatis, who with his guidance helps the construction of the imposing buildings of the place, the ...

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Astris

Astris Source: http://thassos.gr

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Metalleia (Mines) Beach

Metalleia (Mines) Beach If you wish to live a unique experience then visit the beach of Metalleia (Mines)! It is located just outside of Limenaria, at the south part of the island, behind ...

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Mauromation Village of Neo Sidirochori

Mauromation Village of Neo Sidirochori It is a village near Neo Sidirochori. It was declared as a traditional settlement by the MIN.ENV - Ministry of Environment.

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Traditional Settlement of Eleftheroupoli

Traditional Settlement of Eleftheroupoli Magical itineraries start from Eleftheroupoli to semi-mountainous or mountainous villages that embrace nature with all its splendour. There, one comes across samples of traditional architecture.Eleftheroupoli, Nikissiani, Paleochori, Moustheni, Messoropi, Podochori and Avli are well preserved ...

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Petrota

Petrota Petrota is in the northern part of the prefecture of Evros and belongs to the province of Orestiada. The name of the village is comes from the fact that it ...

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