Places to visit in Greece

Things to see and do while staying in Eleftheres

The mandatory places to visit in Greece while staying at our small hotel in Eleftheres in is of course the beaches and some archaeological site - make your pick! Staying on the mainland, in contrast to staying on some small island, also opens up for loads of other things to see and do during your holidays.

A visit to the caves of Alistrati should be mandatory. Ok, you might have visited stalactites caves before, but believe me, you've never seen anything like this.

A trip to Kavala is a nice break. There are buses from Eleftheres every hour and the 45 minutes bus drive is a beautiful trip itself along the seashore. Remember that shops in Kavala close for siesta at approx 14-14.30 and open again around 17.30-18 in the afternoon. Shops are closed Monday, Wednesday and Saturday afternoon and all of Sunday. Local holiday in Kavala (the celebration of patron saints Paul and Peter) is June 29th. Everything will be closed.

The huge outdoor market in Kavala on Saturdays or Eleftheroupolis on Fridays is an exotic experience!

Talking about places to visit in Greece it's ironical to recommend a daytrip to Bulgaria, but we live only one and a half hour from the border (and four hours from Sofia). So close, but so very different to Greece!

The neighbouring town of Xanthi is interesting mainly because it's one of the few places in the world where Muslims and Christians live peacefully side by side! You can go by bus, but if you drive - you can rent our car if you need one - you might want to continue from Xanthi to the pomach villages Smythi and Exinos.

And from there you can continue up the Rodopi mountains to the village Paranesti - make sure to take a break by the river Nestos and down to the small town of Drama.

And let us not forget the archaeological sites. Actually, enjoying the view from Kairos Garden Villas you look straight down to the old fortress in Peramos. And all those old stone walls that terraces the land in Eleftheres would probably be stamped "archaeological" in any other country. But the major site in this area, for anyone interested in history, is the excavations of the ancient city Phillipi, only half an hours drive from Eleftheres.

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