KERAMOTI-FILIPPOI-LYDIA: Indicative price 110 €
CHRISOUPOLI-FILIPPOI-LYDIA Indicative price 100 €

Philippi – Lydia: Visit to the archeological site of Filippi, the first Christian city in Europe, where apostle Paul talked about the new religion in AD 49. Visitors can see the ancient theatre of Philippi, built in BC 356, where nowadays can host the Philippi Festival. Basilica A is the biggest basilica in the Balkans where we can see Apostle Paul’s prison. In the south side of the site is still stand a part of the ancient Via Egnatia, the most important route of the ancient world, the forum and the colonnade of ancient agora, the ancient market place and the remains of Basilica B with the well preserved Roman toilets. The visit ends in Octagon church with the remarkable mosaic floors, the graves of Hellenistic period, the paleochristian Baptistery, the episcopal church and the baths.
Then we visit St. Lydias baptistery, the first Christian in Europe who was baptized by apostle Paul in Zigaktis River. In that river we can see an outdoor baptistery where baptisms still take place.

KERAMOTI-DRAMA CITY-AGGITIS:Indicative price 185 €
CHRISOUPOLI- DRAMA CITY-AGGITIS: Indicative price 175 € €

City of Drama, Lazaridis’ winery and Maaras or Aggitis cave: Moving towards the city of Drama we do our first stop at the Andriani village where we meet the famous winery of Kostas Lazaridis, which stands amongst vast beds of vineyards where many varieties of grapes are cultivated. In the outstanding rooms of the winery we can taste famous wines like Amethystos and Chateau Julia and admire the art pieces which decorate its walls. We, then, make a stop at the city of Drama and we visit the park of St. Barbara with its running and clear as crystal waters. The ancient name the city was Hydrama or Dyrama because of its many springs. In about 45 minutes we arrive at the well-known cave of Aggitis, or otherwise, Maara, which is crossed by Aggitis river. Although its visitable part is only 500 meters the cave is the longest river cave in the world with a total of 21 km. Maara is its Hebrew name and it means “the water that comes from the mountain”.

KERAMOTI-STENA NESTOU XANTHI Indicative price 100 €

Straits of Nestos River-City of Xanthi: Forty kilometers away from the city of Kavala to the East we find Nestos River, which is the physical border between the prefectures of Kavala and Xanthi. Nestos River is one of the five longest rivers in Greece with its 130 kilometers running through the Greek territory. The most beautiful part of the river is the Straits of Nestos, also known as Thracean Tempi. From the village of Toxotes begins a well preserved stone path which leads to one of the most beautiful walks in Greece with its amazing panoramic view to the meanders of Nestos River. In about twenty minutes we arrive at the city of Xanthi. We begin from the central square with the Big Clock to the old city of Xanthi. We pass through the square of Antica and we start our sightseeing from Kougioumtzoglou manor, now hosting the Folklore Museum, then we reach the building of the Town Hall and the Fex building, all of them built by the well-known tufa from the village of Mandra. The tour ends at the city’ s cathedral of Holy Wisdom.
In case the tour takes place in Saturday we can visit Xanthi’s open market.