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The Church of Panagia Kosmosotira

The Church of Panagia Kosmosotira

Theotokos Kosmosotira is a monastery founded by Emperor Isaac Komnenos on Vira place (today’s ...

Feres
Double Tower in Pythio

Double Tower in Pythio

It is a 14th-century fortification located in a low-lying mountain of eastern Rhodope and in front ...

Pythion, Didymoteichon
Ancient Mesimvria

Ancient Mesimvria

Mesimvria beach is located in front of the homonymous seaside settlement, on the southwestern edge ...

Mesemvria, Alexandroupolis
Pomak Villages (“Pomakohoria”)  of Parikon and Roussa

Pomak Villages (“Pomakohoria”) of Parikon and Roussa

The villages of Pomaks are famous for their wonderful traditional architecture, prehistoric rock ...

Roussa
Tour: Alexandroupolis - Traianoupoli - Loutros - Doriskos – Feres

Tour: Alexandroupolis - Traianoupoli - Loutros - Doriskos – Feres

Distance (by car): 37.0 km, Duration (by car): 53'   First stop: Alexandroupolis. A ...

Alexandroupolis
Tour: Soufli - Didymoteicho - Orestiada

Tour: Soufli - Didymoteicho - Orestiada

Distance (by car): 48.2 km (via Ardasniou- Orestiada road / E85) Duration (by car): ...

Soufli - Didymoteicho - Orestiada
Tour: Exploring the mountainous Evros

Tour: Exploring the mountainous Evros

In the north of Alexandroupolis, 10 km way of the city, the Castles of Avantas and Potamos are ...

Avantas
Tour: At the place of Kabeirians

Tour: At the place of Kabeirians

Samothraki is the island of ancient god Aeolos, of the crystal clear waters, of the contrasts and ...

Samothraki
The Tumulus in Mikri Doxipara – Zoni

The Tumulus in Mikri Doxipara – Zoni

A significant archaeological discovery has been made in the northern part of Evros Prefecture. Five ...

Mikri Doxipara
Didymoteicho and its Byzantine castles, caves and Vajazit Mosque

Didymoteicho and its Byzantine castles, caves and Vajazit Mosque

Didymoteicho is located 95 km far from Alexandroupolis. It was built by the Byzantines on the ruins ...

Didymoteicho
Sanctuary of the Great Gods (KAVEIROI) IN PALAIOPOLIS , THE ISLAND OF SAMOTHRAKI

Sanctuary of the Great Gods (KAVEIROI) IN PALAIOPOLIS , THE ISLAND OF SAMOTHRAKI

         The Sanctuary of the Great Gods is located on the ...

Palaiopolis, The island of Samothraki
Trayanopolis

Trayanopolis

Trayanopolis             Trayanopolis, the most ...

Trayanopolis
Plotinopolis

Plotinopolis

         Plotinopolis was a Roman city, founded by Emperor ...

Didymoteicho
The Historical Museum of Alexandroupolis

The Historical Museum of Alexandroupolis

The Historical Museum of Alexandroupolis, which was inaugurated on June 4, 2011, is located at the ...

Alexandroupolis
Ethnological Museum of Thrace of Mrs. Giannakidou

Ethnological Museum of Thrace of Mrs. Giannakidou

The Ethnological Museum of Thrace of Mrs. Giannakidou, operates in a neoclassical stone building, ...

Alexandroupolis
Ecclesiastical Museum of the Metropolis of Alexandroupolis

Ecclesiastical Museum of the Metropolis of Alexandroupolis

Ecclesiastical Museum of the Metropolis of Alexandroupolis   The Ecclesiastical Museum of ...

Alexandroupolis
Silk Art Museum (by Tsiakiri)

Silk Art Museum (by Tsiakiri)

It is a 'living' thematic museum of silk production and processing, located in a ...

Soufli

The Ancient Doriskos

The settlement was inhabited by the ancient Thracians whose traces have been found in the pottery ...

Doriskos
Neolithic Settlement in Makri (The Cyclops Cave)

Neolithic Settlement in Makri (The Cyclops Cave)

The place was settled during the Neolithic epoch (5000 B.C.) in the area of the cave. The ...

Makri
The Lighthouse of Alexandroupolis

The Lighthouse of Alexandroupolis

The light-house illuminates the sailors’ course, children’s dreams and the daydreams of ...

Alexandroupolis
Apostle Paul’s Home on the Island of Samothraki

Apostle Paul’s Home on the Island of Samothraki

         Apostle Paul’s Home is located in the ...

Samothraki
The Byzantine Aqueduct of Feres

The Byzantine Aqueduct of Feres

At the bend of the road to Feres, above the ancient Samia River stands the Byzantine Aqueduct which ...

Feres
The Fortress of Avadas

The Fortress of Avadas

On the outskirts of Alexandroupolis, close to the village of Avadas rises the medieval Castle of ...

Avantas
Pirostiya/ The Mausoleum of Oruch Pasha

Pirostiya/ The Mausoleum of Oruch Pasha

Pirostiya or Tripodas is the tomb of Oruch Pasha in Didymoteicho which dates from the 15th century. ...

Didymoteicho

Ancient Zirinia

The Thracian people chose strategic and naturally secured places that made it possible for them to ...

Soufli

The Burial Mound in Patagi

        The Burial Mound in Patagi with diameter of 25m and ...

Patagi

The Rock Drawings on the hill of Hilia at the village of Goniko

         Close to the Pomak village of Goniko from the prefecture of ...

Goniko, Soufli
Post-Byzantine Church of Saint Anastasia Makris

Post-Byzantine Church of Saint Anastasia Makris

The post-Byzantine church of Agia Anastasia of Pharmakolytria was built in 1800 on the same site ...

Church of Holy Mary Kosmosoteiras

Holy Mary (Panagia) Krimniotissa in Samothrace

Holy Mary (Panagia) Krimniotissa in Samothrace

At the edge of the cliff, in the south of the island, visitors to Samothrace can see a small ...

Silk Factory Tzivre

Silk Factory Tzivre

Tzivre Silk Factory is located in Soufli, at the entrance of the city. Its imposing, towering ...

Holy Church of Saint George at Soufli

Holy Church of Saint George at Soufli

The church has a royal roof with double stone floors in the women's room. Its roof rests on 12 ...

Mansion Brika  - Municipal Folklore Museum of Soufli

Mansion Brika - Municipal Folklore Museum of Soufli

Brika Mansion was built in Soufli in 1890. Specialists were hired from Bursa and they created one ...

Post Byzantine Church of Agios Athanasios in Soufli

Post Byzantine Church of Agios Athanasios in Soufli

The church is located next to Nikis square, it is made of stone and as the inscription on the ...

Monastery Tekes of Roussa

The Silkworm Rearing House of Kalesis

The Silkworm Rearing House of Kalesis

         Among the most distinctive type of constructions of Soufli ...

Soufli, Greece
The Towers of Gattilusi  on the Island of Samothraki

The Towers of Gattilusi on the Island of Samothraki

About the year of 1430 Samothraki was taken into possession by the Genoese family the ...

Samothraki
The Tomb in Elafohori

The Tomb in Elafohori

The Thracian underground  masoned tomb is located on a low elevation at the north end of the ...

Didymoteicho

The Tilery in Samothraki

The road on the northern shore of the island of Samothraki, after its branches for the villages of ...

Samothraki

Via Egnatia

Via Egnatia is one of the biggest military and trade roads of the ancient world. It was known as ...

Evros, Greece
Zarifios Pedagogical  Academy in Alexandroupolis

Zarifios Pedagogical Academy in Alexandroupolis

Zarifios Pedagogical Academy with its neoclassical construction is located in the western end of ...

Alexandroupolis
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