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Kastoria Destination Guide

Explore Kastoria in Greece

Kastoria in the region of West Macedonia with its 14,665 inhabitants is a place in Greece - some 219 mi or ( 352 km ) North-West of Athens , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Kastoria

Time in Kastoria is now 02:19 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Athens " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Ioannina, Sarandë, Sofia, Thessaloniki, and Petropoulakion. Since you are here already, consider visiting Ioannina . We saw some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Kastoria ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Kastoria - Καστοριά

3:28 min by valantis315
Views: 13647 Rating: 4.95

H omorfoterh polh ths Elladas, thaumaste thn mesa se 3:30 lepta ..

Ραγκουτσάρια Καστοριά 2010 - Ragutsaria kastoria

1:57 min by dimidi1
Views: 13523 Rating: 4.80

Τα Ραγκουτσάρια, όπως ονομάζονται τα καρναβάλια, γιορτάζονται από τις 6 μέχρι τις 8 Ιανουαρίου και διατελούν αναβίωση των αρχαίων Διονυσιακών τελετών, που γίνονταν από αρχαιοτάτων χρόνων και σύμφωνα μ ..


► (IV) Carnival of Kastoria 2010 - Καρναβάλι Καστοριάς

0:46 min by bairaktaris
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January 7, 2010. ..

► (III) Carnival of Kastoria 2010 - Καρναβάλι Καστοριάς

1:02 min by bairaktaris
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January 6, 2010. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Monuments Museum (Kastoria)

Kastoria Monuments Museum is a private museum that displays scale models of the monuments of Kastoria, Greece. It is located on the ground floor of an apartment building on the shore of Kastoria lake.

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Located at 40.52 21.27 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Kastoria, Museums in Macedonia (Greece), Museums in West Macedonia, Scale model collections

Lake Orestiada

Lake Orestida or Lake Kastoria is a lake in the Kastoria regional unit of Macedonia, northwestern Greece. Sitting at an altitude of 630 meters, the lake covers an area of 28 square kilometers. Nine rivulets flow into the lake. Its depth varies from nine to ten meters. The Orestida was formed ca. 10 mya ago. The Kastoria Peninsula (with the town of Kastoria) divides the lake into two parts, the larger to the north and the smaller to the south. The lake takes its name from the Oreiades.

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Located at 40.51 21.30 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Kastoria, Kastoria (regional unit), Lakes of Greece

Dispilio Lakeside Neolithic Settlement Archaeological Collection

The Dispilio Lakeside Neolithic Settlement Archaeological Collection is a museum in Dispilio, Greece. It was the first Neolithic settlement by the side of a lake excavated in the country. Many important artifacts were found, the most notable being the Dispilio Tablet. The village is 8 km from Kastoria. In 1932, Professor Keramopoullos of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki located traces of a prehistoric lake settlement there.

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Located at 40.48 21.29 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Archaeological museums in Macedonia (Greece), Kastoria (regional unit), Museums in West Macedonia, Neolithic Macedonia (Greece)

Dispilio

Dispilio is an archaeological site containing remains of a Neolithic lakeshore settlement that occupied an artificial island near the modern village of Dispilio on Lake Orestiada in Kastoria regional unit, Macedonia, Greece. The lake settlement was discovered during the dry winter of 1932, which lowered the lake level and revealed traces of the settlement. A preliminary survey was made in 1935 by Antonios Keramopoulos.

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Located at 40.48 21.29 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Ancient artificial islands in Greece, Former populated places in Greece, Neolithic, Neolithic settlements in Macedonia (Greece), Populated places established in the 6th millennium BC, Populated places in Ancient Greece, Populated places in Kastoria (regional unit), Pre-Indo-Europeans

Koromilia, Kastoria

Koromilia is a small rural village, part of the municipal unit Agia Triada, Kastoria regional unit, Greece. It is famous in this region for its natural water springs. In the 19th century, Koromilia had an Albanian Muslim population. It was known as Sliveni among the Bulgarians of the surrounding villages.

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Located at 40.53 21.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Populated places in Kastoria (regional unit)

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Kastoria