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The Best Attractions In West Macedonia

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Western Macedonia is one of the thirteen regions of Greece, consisting of the western part of Greek Macedonia. It is divided into the regional units of Florina, Grevena, Kastoria, and Kozani.
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The Best Attractions In West Macedonia

  • 1. Kastoria Lake Kastoria
    Kastoria is a city in northern Greece in the region of West Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria regional unit. It is situated on a promontory on the western shore of Lake Orestiada, in a valley surrounded by limestone mountains. The town is known for its many Byzantine churches, Byzantine and Ottoman-era domestic architecture, fur clothing industry, and trout.
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  • 3. Prespa Lakes Florina
    Prespa is a region shared between Greece, Albania, and the Republic of Macedonia. It shares the same name with the two Prespa lakes which are situated in the middle of the region. The largest town is Resen with 9,000 inhabitants.
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  • 4. Folklore Museum of Kozani Kozani
    Kozani is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani regional unit and of West Macedonia region. It is located in the western part of Macedonia, in the northern part of the Aliakmonas river valley. The city lies 710 metres above sea level, 15 kilometres northwest of the artificial lake Polyfytos, 120 km south-west of Thessaloniki, between the mountains Pieria, Vermio, Vourinos and Askio. The population of the Kozani municipality is over 70,000 people. The climate of the area is continental with cold and dry winters, and hot summers. Kozani is the home of the Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia and the University of Western Macedonia, with about 15,000 students from all over Greece and other places. It is also the seat of West Macedonia's court of appeal, police depar...
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  • 5. Folklore Museum of Kastoria Kastoria
    The Folklore Museum of Kastoria, in the northern Greek city of Kastoria, is housed in one of the city’'s oldest townhouses, the Nerandzis-Aïvazis residence near the lake. The museum has been operating since 1972, and is run by Harmony . The two-storey premises were built between the 16th or 17th centuries, and survived in such good condition that the museum was able to open without restoration. All the original furniture is still present. On the ground floor, there are three cellars: the wine cellar contains the wine press, wine barrels and baskets for the grapes; another stored pickles, oil, olives, preserves, butter, and cheese, and the third contained cereals, pulses and flour. In the latter, pies and bread were made. Wood and coal for heating were also kept on the ground floor. In th...
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  • 11. Byzantine Museum of Kastoria Kastoria
    The Byzantine Museum of Kastoria is a museum in Kastoria in Greece, dedicated to religious art from the area's late Byzantine and post-Byzantine periods.
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  • 12. Ski Center Vigla-Pisoderi Florina
    Pisoderi is a village 17 km west of Florina, Greece. Nearby, 5 khm, is the ski resort Vigla. First mentioned in an Ottoman defter of 1481, the village, then known as Ipsoder, had only twelve households.The ski center is located on Mount Verno, and currently has five lifts and ten trails. The summit of the resort is 1939m above sea level, with a total vertical drop about 420m. The resort has a view of the Lake Prespa, on the border between Greece, Albania and Macedonia.
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