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KASTORIA-KOZANI | ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑ-ΚΟΖΑΝΗ
A Midwinter
Night’s Dream
Time stands still in a place where architecture reflects the splendour of another era
and Lake Orestiada enchants with its striking natural beauty. | Ο χρόνος παγώνει εκεί όπου
η αρχιτεκτονική φέρει την αίγλη μιας άλλης εποχής και η λίμνη Ορεστιάδα μαγεύει με την
απαράμιλλη φυσική ομορφιά της.
W ith Ioannina to the west and the Prespa lakes region
to the north, Kozani is a city which – thanks to the as well as inside the Church of St. Nicholas, the Historical-Folklore Muse-
construction of the Egnatia motorway – now sees it- um and the Koventarios Library. It’s just a one-hour drive to Kastoria and
self developing from a simple stopover to a destina- I won’t be missing the chance to travel back in time to an era of splendour.
tion in its own right. Just the thought that only an In fact, four centuries back, in the picturesque neighbourhood of Apozari
with its elegant stone houses and in the Dolcho quarter with its Folklore
hour’s flight from Athens conjures up images of a midwinter night’s dream. Museum, Museum of the Macedonian Struggle, even a Costume Muse-
On my first evening I find myself in Nikis Square, then walking along the um. But the feeling that the clock has stopped is perhaps strongest as I bid
Mourati pedestrian way, looking for my first culinary experience... tradi- farewell to the pelicans on the North Shore and follow the lakeside path
tional stuffed cabbage leaves, known in these parts as giaprakia. The fol- through beech and plane trees as the sun before the sun begins to set. For
lowing day I set out to feel the beat and buzz of the city, while taking in its the last day I have saved the aquarium at the entrance to the city, followed
history in the form of listed buildings such as the Municipal Conservato- by necessary stop-offs at the Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa and the
ry, the Cathedral, the Municipal Map Library and the Vourkas Mansion, Dragon’s Cave, winding up my excursion just as magically as it had begun.
KASTORIA-KOZANI | ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑ-ΚΟΖΑΝΗ
A Midwinter
Night’s Dream
Time stands still in a place where architecture reflects the splendour of another era
and Lake Orestiada enchants with its striking natural beauty. | Ο χρόνος παγώνει εκεί όπου
η αρχιτεκτονική φέρει την αίγλη μιας άλλης εποχής και η λίμνη Ορεστιάδα μαγεύει με την
απαράμιλλη φυσική ομορφιά της.
W ith Ioannina to the west and the Prespa lakes region
to the north, Kozani is a city which – thanks to the as well as inside the Church of St. Nicholas, the Historical-Folklore Muse-
construction of the Egnatia motorway – now sees it- um and the Koventarios Library. It’s just a one-hour drive to Kastoria and
self developing from a simple stopover to a destina- I won’t be missing the chance to travel back in time to an era of splendour.
tion in its own right. Just the thought that only an In fact, four centuries back, in the picturesque neighbourhood of Apozari
with its elegant stone houses and in the Dolcho quarter with its Folklore
hour’s flight from Athens conjures up images of a midwinter night’s dream. Museum, Museum of the Macedonian Struggle, even a Costume Muse-
On my first evening I find myself in Nikis Square, then walking along the um. But the feeling that the clock has stopped is perhaps strongest as I bid
Mourati pedestrian way, looking for my first culinary experience... tradi- farewell to the pelicans on the North Shore and follow the lakeside path
tional stuffed cabbage leaves, known in these parts as giaprakia. The fol- through beech and plane trees as the sun before the sun begins to set. For
lowing day I set out to feel the beat and buzz of the city, while taking in its the last day I have saved the aquarium at the entrance to the city, followed
history in the form of listed buildings such as the Municipal Conservato- by necessary stop-offs at the Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa and the
ry, the Cathedral, the Municipal Map Library and the Vourkas Mansion, Dragon’s Cave, winding up my excursion just as magically as it had begun.
