Nea Peramos - a lively seaside resort

Nea Peramos is a small sea shore village, situated three kilometers from our small hotel - we actually look down on the place from Kairos garden.

Because of the fantastic beaches Nea Peramos has become a popular holiday resort, though more and more people also find that this area has wonderful qualities for all year living.

Tavernas and coffee shops line the seafront of the village, here is a huge port for fishing boats, yachts and the occasional ferry to Thassos.

In the summer months the road at the seafront is closed for traffic in evenings and filled with boys and girls, young couples, families with babies and grandparents going for an evening stroll, enjoying a coffee, a drink or a meal with friends or relatives.

Though Peramos quiets down at the end of the season, it’s still a lively little village. Here are plenty of shops that keep open all year around. Even in the winter the inhabitants of Kavala and the other cities in this area choose to come here for a nice meal or a drink by the sea.

Founded by refugees

The village was founded by refugees who came from Peramos outside today’s Istanbul after the First World War and named the new settlement new, nea, Peramos.

The refugees arrived at these shores with empty hands and had to build new lives for themselves. Their houses were just tiny stone cottages, consisting of a room or two, with an oven for heating water and cooking in the back yard and outdoor toilet.

Today most of these cottages have been torn down and replaced with modern apartment buildings or villas.

The village is the center of the municipality Eleftheres and houses the mayor’s offices, the public schools and kinder gardens. Here is one public doctor’s office, several dentists and physiotherapists. The public health center of Eleftheroupolis is only ten minutes drive away, while the hospital in Kavala is twenty minutes drive away.

15th of August, the Dormition of Our Holy Lady Theotokos, is the major local holiday in Peramos. The tiny church of Panagia, Virgin Mary, is situated on your right hand side as you enter the village on the main road from Kavala. In the port there is a huge fair the days before and on the 15th of August.

Peramos also has a carnival parade the Sunday before Lent starts. The parade usually starts by the school and finishes at the main square by the sea, where there also will be an orchestra and dancing, as well as wine or tsipouro.

Kathera Deftera, The clean Monday - first day of Lent, loads of people will gather for pick nick at or around the castle in Peramos, where they also will send up kites.

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