The Loggas Hotel lies at an altitude of 1100 m in the village Sidirochori just 7 km north of Kastoria. As the fur trade and fur processing town, Kastoria is the center of Europe, a trade fair highlights the importance. From the Loggas Hotel one has the most beautiful panoramic views of the valley formed […]
Macedonia
Mount Athos
Mount Athos is a monastic republic, which under international law belongs to Greece, but it is managed autonomously. The access for women is strictly prohibited – out of reverence for the Virgin Mary. In recent years, the modernization of the monasteries were funded by the EU with 150 million EUR, although it is rumored that […]
Canal of Potidea – Greece
Canal of Potidea in Central Macedonia – Greece Kassandra is the westernmost of three fingers of the Chalkidike peninsula. At its narrowest point in the northern part it is intersected by the Canal of Potidea. The 40 m wide waterway was built by the Macedonian King Cassander around 300 BC. For a long time, Cassander was […]
Hagios Demetrios – Άγιος Δημήτριος
Hagios Demetrios in Thessaloniki, Greece, is a five-naves basilica dedicated to the patron saint of Thessaloniki, Saint Demetrius. The basilica is part of the UNESCO world heritage Palaeochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki. It is the largest church in the city and was presumably built on the remains of a Roman bath where Demetrius possibly […]
City walls of Thessaloniki
The city walls of Thessaloniki were built by Kassandros after the foundation of the city and later reinforced by the Romans. However, the walls which one can see today originate from the Byzantine period. Due to the constantly increasing traffic, parts of the walls were torn in 1869. 4 km of the originally 8 km […]