You must visit
Filippoi & Kavala
The ancient city of Filippoi is the most important archaeological site in Eastern Macedonia. It lies at the boundary of the marshes that cover the southeast part of the plain of Drama. The site was originally colonized by the people of Thassos. They were aware of the area’s plentiful supplies of precious metals, timber, and agricultural products. They established the city of Krinides in 360 BC. Soon after its establishment, however, Krinides was threatened by the Thracians (365 BC) and turned to King Philip II of Macedon for help. Realizing its economic and strategic potential, Philip conquered, fortified, and renamed the city after himself…http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh351.jsp?obj_id=2387
Known as the Blue City and as the ‘Mecca of tobacco’, Kavala’s past and present sparkle with the first rays of dawn. You are in a city where for centuries Byzantines, Ottomans, Jews, merchants, tobacco workers, refugees and intellectuals mingled and prospered. The story is too long to fit in a few lines but the view can be captured in a single word; unbelievable. Spread out below you are the old and new town, picturesque bays and the wine-dark Aegean Sea…http://www.discovergreece.com/en/mainland/macedonia/kavala
From Villa Riviera to Fillipoi & Kavala
Fillipoi – Kavala
