Xanthi

Houses painted in bright colours, mansions built by tobacco magnates, steep narrow lanes, tobacco warehouses, the old market, khans (Anatolian inns), monasteries. The Byzantine castle of Xantheia on the hilltop. All blended together in a harmonious whole. The Folk Art Museum with its embroideries, costumes, jewelry. Of equal interest, the Anthropological and Natural History Museums.
A region rich in greenery. Real natural treasures like the Thracian “Tempe”, the forest of the Nestos Delta, the beach forest a Arkoudorema, the wetlands of lake Vistonis.
The Macedonian tomb build underground at Stavroupolis, the castle of Kalyva and the vast archaeological site of Abdera, the birthplace of Democritos, are places of exceptional fascination for the visitor. Neolithic Diomedia, Vergepolis, Topiros – Ancient place names.