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.

Tomb Zone of Doxipara

Tomb Zone of Doxipara At the beginning of the 2nd century AD, four members of a rich landowning family, (who died over a period of time), were cremated and buried at the same location, ...

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Kavala-Town Hall

Kavala-Town Hall It was built by the Hungarian tobacco-trader Pierre Herzog and it is a miniature of a Hungarian castle. One of the most impressive buildings of the city and architecturally “foreign” ...

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Tobacco warehouse in the central square of Komotini

Tobacco warehouse in the central square of Komotini It is a declared artwork and historical monument as it is a representative sample of the tobacco warehouse of the past century, important part of the study of Architecture Heritage ...

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New Temenos (Yeni Mosque)

New Temenos (Yeni Mosque) The mosque was founded in the late 16th century (1585) by master Ahmet who was head of the financial department of the Ottoman Empire during the reign of Sultan Murad ...

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Holy Monastery of Prodromos of Nikisiani

Holy Monastery of Prodromos of Nikisiani Near the town of Eleftheroupoli and on foothills of the verdant village of Nikisiani, there is the communal androa Holy Monastery of Saint John the Baptist. In the place where ...

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Church of Saint Nicholas in Eleutheroupoli

Church of Saint Nicholas in Eleutheroupoli The Church of Saint Nicholas, was built on the foundations of the post-Christian basilica (6th c.), which was probably dedicated to Saint Mena. The former church of Saint Nicholas (1759) ...

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Dikella

Dikella In Dikella beach the visitors can enjoy the water sports, the beautiful sea and the sun, while a large number of coastal canteens are ready to welcome them and serve ...

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Marmaritsa beach

Marmaritsa beach The Marmaritsa beach is part of the rift of Maroneia - Makris - ancient marble quarry. It’s located in the south-east of the modern village of Maroneia, close to Ancient ...

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Krini

Krini Source: http://thassos.gr

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Prophet Elias

Prophet Elias The Prophet Elias is a must in order to taste the famous lamb spit Samothrace, while in the chapel of Prophet Elias you can enjoy breathtaking sunsets. Also, you can ...

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Volakas

Volakas Built in a cavity formed between the masses of Falakro Mountain at an altitude of 830 meters, Volakas is 35.5km away from Drama and 24km away from Nevrokopi. The village ...

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Kazavitia

Kazavitia Kazavitia, is perhaps the most picturesque villages of Thassos. With this name we now call the Little and Big Prinos, two beautiful and traditional mountain-villages at a height of 350 ...

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