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.

Archaelogical exhibition of Spileo

Archaelogical exhibition of Spileo At the basement of the municipal refreshment of Spileo, at the "Koryfi" (“Top”) area, in a beautiful natural environment, with the view of the plains of Arda and Adrianoupoli, there ...

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Ancient Traianoupoli

Ancient Traianoupoli Approximately on the 15th km of the old National Road, we find the ruins of Ancient Traianoupolis. The city was founded by the Emperor Trajan in the 2nd century AD. ...

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Fisilti Hamami

Fisilti Hamami The Bath of Fisilti (or Fisilti Hamami) are located in the southern part of the city, next to the banks of River Erythropotamos. It is a monument of unique value, ...

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Church of the Archangels

Church of the Archangels The church is situated at the junction of Evripidou and Orpheus streets, it is a three-aisled basilica church with a wooden roof, inserted in 1966.The monastery is located northwest of ...

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Mosque on Doiranis street, Xanthi (Mouchatzir)

Mosque on Doiranis street, Xanthi (Mouchatzir) The mosque is located in the boundaries of the district Mouchatzir (Asa Mahalle), on Doiranis street and consists of the mosque and the house of the Imam. The mosque is ...

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Holy Church of Saint Paraskevi

Holy Church of Saint Paraskevi Location: Kallithea. In the stream that passes south of the village there is the church of Saint Paraskevi. The tradition says that Marco Gikas dreamed many times of the Holy, ...

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Agios Ioannis Beach

Agios Ioannis Beach Agios Ioannis beach is located 2 km far from Aliki, heading towards Limenas. It is a quiet beach which has clean water and sand. You can relax swimming there, and ...

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Nestos Lakes

Nestos Lakes Nestos river stems from the Rila mountain range in central Bulgaria, enters Greece by the prefecture of Drama and is poured in the Thracian Sea. It was worshiped as a ...

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Alyki lagoon

Alyki lagoon Alyki is a shallow coastal lagoon located between the lagoons of Ptelea and Karatzas. It’s surrounded by large salt marshes and coastal dunes, where there are no reeds nor marshes ...

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Rhodope

Rhodope High mountains with forested slopes embrace a fertile plain that gently fades towards the Thracian Sea. the The breathtaking cliffs of Thracian Meteora are monoliths of the ancient Maronia, Ismara ...

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K. Nevrokopi

K. Nevrokopi Kato Neurokopi is a town of the Prefecture of Drama in altitude of 558 m, it is situated in the center of the homonymous plateau, northwest of Drama 47km away ...

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Kamariotissa

Kamariotissa The port of Samothraki is in Kamariotisa. Here you can visit the lake of Saint Andrew, the Church of Kamariotisa where there is the image of Holy Mary of Kamariotisa. ...

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