Greece travel with Oracle Private Tours
Northern Greece Sights: Drama
Valleys and mountains. Refuges and ski resorts. Glorious
forests. Flocks of birds. Fertile soil, endless tobacco plantations.
Caves with enormous multicolored stalactites. Rivers that burble gently.
Lyrical waters. Magical scenery. Hospitable people with warm smiles. The
prefectural capital, Drama, lies at the foot of Mt. Falakro, which the
locals call "the mountain of the flowers".
This mountain of remarkable beauty boasts ski slopes for winter sports
enthusiasts and four well-equipped refuges for climbers. The town, drenched
in greenery and flowers thanks to its abundant water, looms above the
valley filled with tobacco fields as far as the eye can see.
Why not take a hike through the wonderful forest of Elatia (70 km. north
of Drama), where amongst the pines, oaks and beech, the red fir grows,
a very rare tree in this country whose height often reaches 50 meters.
Southeast of Drama (10 km.) is the pretty market town of Doxato, with
facilities for tourists and a reputation for fun and high spiritis.
The Bounar-Bassi springs, a corner of Paradise with running streams and
enormous trees, are just 3 kilometers away at the foot of Kouslari, a
low mountain.
USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT DRAMA
Caves: Mara's cave, at Kokinogies, 20 km. from Drama, filled with stunning colored stalactites, some of which are 2 meters in diameter with tips reaching the water's surface.
Falakros Ski Center:
Tel.: (0521) 33.054, 33049, 42 km. from Drama, alt. 1750 m., one difficult slope, 1000 m, long.
Mountain Climbing
Falakro: a) Refuge at Bartisse-va, alt. 1141 m., 40 km. from Drama,
sleeps 16 people; b) at Kouri, alt. 1400 m., 2 hours walk from Pir-gi
village, 1 hour 30 min. from Volaka, sleeps 16 people; c) at Horos,
alt. 1700 m., 4 hours 30 min. from refuge B and 3 hours from Volaka, sleeps
20 people. All the refuges have beds, mattresses and blankets, heating,
water, and a kitchen, d) at Agio Pnevma, at the Falakro ski center, no
facilities for spending the night. Information and keys: EOS (Alpine Society)
Drama, tel.: (0521) 33.054. Fishing: In the Nestos River and its tributaries.
Here are a few of the other Oracle Greece Taxi or Bus touring destinations you may choose from
Athens,
Cape Sounion, Ancient Corinth, Delphi & Ossios Lukas, Drama, Florina, Greneva, Chalkidiki, Imathia, Kastoria, Kavala, Kozani, Meteora, Mt. Athos, Mycenaea, Naufplion, Olympia, Pella and Vergina, Phillipi & Kavala, Dion & Mt Olympus, Sparta & Mystras, The Mani and Monemvasia, Thessaloniki,
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