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.

Fortress of Nymphea

Fortress of Nymphea The remains of the current Fortress of Nymphea or “Kale”, located approximately 4 km southwest of the village, at the 10th km of provincial road Komotini-Fortress Nymphea and few meters ...

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Art Silk Museum

Art Silk Museum The Silk Museum is a living thematical museum production and processing of silk in the city of Soufli. Original exhibits combined with modern technology, leading the visitor step by ...

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Archaeological Museum of Philippi

Archaeological Museum of Philippi The Archaeological Museum of Philippi was built in 1960 according to the designs of architects I.D. Triantafyllidi and D. Fatouro on the outskirts of the archaeological site of Philippi. Because ...

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Holy monastery of Saint Panteleimonos of Chrysokastro

Holy monastery of Saint Panteleimonos of  Chrysokastro A newly female communal monastery built on the southeastern massif Pangaio, 3 kilometers north of the community of Chrysokastro in the abandoned old village. The construction of the complex began ...

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Tsinar Mosque

Tsinar Mosque It was named after the tree which is located at the entrance. The founder of the mosque was a man named Çıplak Hüseyin Ağa. He built the mosque and spent ...

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Holy Church of Saints Theodoroi

Holy Church of Saints Theodoroi Location: Kato Vrontous. At the southern edge of the municipality Kato Nevrokopi of Drama there is the village of Kato Vrontous. At an altitude of 650m. the village is surrounded ...

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The bridges in area of Satres

The bridges in area of Satres The bridge of Pomakochoria was built in 1952 by the artisan contractor Michael Kokkinidi. Is located at the edge of the chapel of Agios Georgios and Dimitrios. The bridge of ...

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Cocoon house Kalesi

Cocoon house Kalesi Among the most characteristic and peculiar buildings of Soufli, imposed by their volumes, are the "bitziklikia" (Coccons Houses) that exclusively service the needs of sericulture. A representative example is the ...

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Mountain Simvolo

Mountain Simvolo Simvolo is located to the south – east side of the Prefecture of Kavala. The west side of Simvolo is divided from Paggaio by the Pieria valley.Because of its ...

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Porto lagos Settlement

Porto lagos Settlement Porto Lagos is a quaint fishing village 26 km from Xanthi. It has a port that serves the trade of Xanthi’s Prefecture, with the capacity of many fishing boats (both ...

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Drama

Drama Mountains: “Falakro” Ski Resort, cliffs, canyons, River Aggitis CaveRhodope: Virgin forests, forests of spruce and birch forests, a unique natural beauty in Greece. The comparative advantage of prefecture is the ...

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Monastiraki

Monastiraki Located on the eastern slopes of Falakro, north of the city of Drama and within 5 km from the city center. A village with a tradition of exploitation the marble.In ...

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