Kavala
The noble city of
Kavala is only 20km away of
Hotel Yannis. As a Thassians'
colony its history begins
from the ancient years time
when its port was radiating
at North Aegean. The castle
and traditional quarter of
Panayia, the tobacco
warehouses and the scheduled
neoclassical buildings that
function in nowadays as
commercial centres and
cultural haunts that connect
the past with future. Kavala
is today a modern city of
80.000 inhabitants that can
offer you a number of
services and abilities. It
disposes one of the five
metropolitan archaeological
museums of Greece full of
treasuries since the
prehistorically Hellenistic,
Roman and Byzantine ears,
spiritual centre and
cinemas, full market,
administrative authorities
and a great number of Greek
and foreign banks. In
regards with your night
entertainment everything is
taken care by the cafe-bars
at the picturesque town
harbour, the beach bars at
Palio and Heraklitsa, the
fish taverns in Sfagia and
many other small or big
shops for all requirements.
Beaches
Kavala has beaches of
exquisite beauty. At east of
the district Ammoglosa
(Sandy-tongue) of Keramoti
looks like an exotic
landscape as it enters
Aegean Sea. Inside the city
you may see Perigiali,
Kalamitsa and a little
further Batis, Tosca and
Palio at the west of city.
There is also an easy
approach of Nea Heraklitsa,
Nea Peramos, Myrtofyto Acti,
Almyra, Ammolofi and Orphani.
Ancient
Philippi
During your stay at
Villa Romantika
exploit your time to visit
the archaeological site of
Philippi ancient town. On
356 B.C. the father of
Alexander the Great, Philip
the 2nd, occupies Krinides,
get the town bigger and
gives it his name. He
establishes a royal mint
that exploits the gold
deposits of Mt. Paggeo and
the town goes through a
development. On 168 B.C.,
Philippi are subjected to
Romans. The existences of
gold however at Mt. Paggeo
and the way the town was
surrendered to them force
them to give great
privileges to town and it
carries on its development
and prosperity. On 42 B.C.
outside the town walls the
famous historic battle of
Philippi takes place here
among the Democratic Roman
Forces and the respective
supporters of Aristocracy
resulting to latter's'
domination that in parallel
meant the end of Democratic
Rome and the threshold of
Roman Empire.
Lydia
-
the
first Christian in Europe
This historic town of
Ancient Greece will become
worldly famous for one more
important reason. On the
route Christ traced, Apostle
Paul will pass from here
along with his disciples
Silas and Timothy and will
baptize here the first
Christian in Europe, Lydia,
by the banks of Zygaktis
River. At the archaeological
sites there are still ruins
of a reservoir where the
prison of Apostle Paul was
when the local Roman
Authorities wanted to stop
his teaching. On your tour
at the area do not forget to
visit the Monasteries
located at the slopes of Mt.
Paggeo with most famous that
of Ecosifinissa a women
monastery which accepts
every year lots of visitors
from various places of
Greece. Many faithful women
dedicate great period of
their lives offering their
services to the Holy
Monastery.
Ancient Theatre
In this area you can admire
the ruins of three
paleochristian churches,
traces of Egnatia Odos (the
road that used to connect
the east with the west), the
Roman Forum, Acropolis,
theatre, episcopacy and a
number of other remarkable
erections. At the museum
that is located next to
archaeological sites you may
see remarkable samples of
that glorious era. Its
collection includes marble
statues, lots of vessels
dated since 4.500 B.C. and a
fantastic series of coins
that cover all chronological
specters since the
colonization of the area by
the Thassians up to the
metbyzantine era.
Cave Aggiti's river
The stone composition of
mountain Falakro (limestone)
and the closed basin of Kato
Nevrokopi that is in the
north contribute to the
absorption of the waters
from the rain and the
torrents. On their way these
waters create an oblong but
not straight calcareous
tube, which is the cavern.
The morphological study of
the cavern showed that along
its main development axon
expansions (rooms) and
stenosis (siphons) have been
formed as well as decor with
stalactites, which is
reduced from the entrance
inwards, and some
stalagmites due to the flow
of waters that usually
develop on fallen rocks. The
bottom of the cavern is
covered with mud hang up. A
visitor today can be toured
to the first 500m of this
natural monument.
Μountains
Paggeo &
Falakro
The history of
this land is closely bound
to Mt Paggeo existence. The
veins of gold being at its
depths made all inhabitants
to treat it with respect and
fight for its development.
In nowadays at mountain's
most green slopes there are
many Monasteries with
continuous operation more
than 1000 years. In parallel
so this mountain as Mt
Falakro locating just
opposite it, have a great
tourist development. At
Paggeo's slopes the Forest
Village has been built up an
ideal place of recreation
and ramble. The snow-ski
centre at Falakro's tops
will reward the winter
sports enthusiasts.
Thassos
Being just half an hour trip
by ferry and runs of every
one-hour Thassos is a
solitary proposal for
one-day excursions. Its
forest wealth is rarely met
to Aegean Sea Islands. At
every point of the island
the nature beauties and
beaches are for the visitor
a challenge of senses and
pleasure. The sandy or small
pebbles beaches always
remain the first choice of
thousand of tourists
visiting the island. Limenas,
Skala Potamias, Alyki,
Astris, Potos, Pefkari,
Limenaria, Skala Marion,
Skala Kalirachis, Skala
Sotiros, Prinos, Rachoni
settlements with unique
physiognomy next to best sea
sides.
