Greece
Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Greece Intercity Railway Experience
Experiences:
August Moon Festival
Evening out at the ‘bouzoukia’
Experience a baptism
Play/hear bouzouki
See a play/concert in an Ancient Greek Theatre
Taste Souvlaki/Gyros
Wear a toga
NOMAD MANIA Greece – Macedonia, Thrace, Epirus, Thessaly (Thessaloniki, Larisa)
World Heritage Sites:
Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina)
Archaeological site of Philippi
Meteora
Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika
Tentative WHS:
Ancient Greek Theatres (16/01/2014)
Archaeological site of Nikopolis (16/01/2014)
National Park of Dadia – Lefkimi – Souflion (16/01/2014)
The Area of the Prespes Lakes: Megali and Mikri Prespa which includes Byzantine and post-Byzantine monuments (16/01/2014)
The broader region of Mount Olympus (16/01/2014)
Zagorochoria – North Pindos National Park (16/01/2014)
Sights:
Dion
Ioannina Old Town and Lake
Kastoria Ensemble: Architecture, Churches, Lake
Metsovo
Parga
Pelion Mountain and beaches
Plastira Lake and Villages
Vikos Gorge
Islands:
Northern Sporades (Skiathos, Skopelos etc.)
Samothraki
Thasos
Borders:
Albania-Greece
Bulgaria-Greece
Greece (sea border/port)
Greece-Macedonia
Greece-Turkey
XL:
Ammouliani (Chalkidiki)
Chalkidiki Peninsular areas (Kassandra and Sithonia)
Northern Evros province (Orestiada)
Northern Xanthi (Pomak areas)
Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Mount Pilion Scenic Railway
Museums: Skiathos: Papadiamanti Museum
Castles, Palaces, Forts:
Ouranoupolis: Ouranoupolis Tower
Platamon: Platamon Castle
Religious Temples:
Monasteries of Meteora
National Parks:
Alonissos Marine Park
Evros Delta
Mount Olympus
Pindus
Prespa
Vikos-Aoos
Festivals:
Anasternaria
Drama: Drama International Short Film Festival
Olympus Festival
Caves:
Perama Cave
Petralona cave
Theopetra cave
Ski Resorts:
Elatochori Ski Center
Pisoderi Ski Resort
European Cities:
Katerini
Serres
Trikala
Volos
THESSALONIKI
Museums:
Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Balkan Wars Museum
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum for the Macedonian Struggle
Museum of Byzantine Culture
Castles, Palaces, Forts: Heptapyrgion
Religious Temples:
Church of Panagia Chalkeon
Church of St. Nicholas Orphanos
Hagia Sophia Cathedral
Naos 12 Apostolon
Agios Dimitrios Church
Festivals:
Reworks Festival
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Planetariums: Thessaloniki Planetarium
Monuments: Thessaloniki: Alexander the Great Statue
Markets: Modiano Market
Railway Museums: Railway Museum of Thessaloniki
ALEXANDROUPOLI
Museums: Ethnological Museum of Thrace
IOANNINA
Museums:
Archaeological Museum of Epirus
Byzantine Museum
Municipal Ethnographic Museum
Castles, Palaces, Forts: Ioannina Castle
KAVALA
Museums:T
Tobacco Museum
Averoff Gallery
KOZANI
Museums: Folklore and Natural History Museum
LARISA
Museums: Diachronic Museum of Larisa
XANTHI
Museums: Folk Museum
Villages and Small Towns:
Ampelakia
Avdira
Dikorfo
Dilofo (Ioannina)
Kalarrytes
Kastoria Festivals: Kastoria River Party
Milies
Monodendri
Nymfaio
Palaios Panteleimonas
Papingo
Parga
Syrrako
ARTA
Castles, Palaces, Forts: Arta Castle
Bridges: Bridge of Arta
METSOVO
Museums: Averoff Gallery, Folk Art Museum Tossizza Mansion
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