Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Kavala shares Alexander the Great Airport, near Hrysoupoli (29km), with Xanthi.
Ae-
gean Airlines
( 25210 29000; Erythrou Stavrou 1)
offers three daily Athens flights (€60).
Island flights go via Athens or Thessaloniki.
BOAT
From the western port (near the bus station), summer hydrofoils (sometimes) serve
Limenas in Thasos. Buy tickets on board.
More dependable ferries serve Skala Prinou in Thasos, from the eastern waterfront.
From the bus station, it's a brisk 15-minute walk along the waterfront to get here. Ferries
to Lesvos and beyond are here too. A small building on the left sells tickets for Thasos;
tickets for the other islands are sold by Alkyon Travel Service (
Click here
)
,
Euro Kos-
mos Travel Agency
(
Agency Miliadis
(
25102 26147;
www.miliadou.gr
; Karaoli-Dimitriou 36)
.
BUS
Kavala bus station
( 25102 22294;
www.ktelkavalas.gr
;
cnr Filikis Eterias & Hrysostomou
Kavalas)
serves Athens (€55, 8¾ hours, two daily), Xanthi (€5.40, one hour, half-hourly),
Keramoti (€4.20, one hour, hourly), Serres (€9.30, two hours, four daily), Alexandrou-
poli (€15, two hours, seven daily) and Thessaloniki (€15, 2¼ hours, 11 daily). The
apo-
thiki
(storeroom) stores luggage.
Getting Around
Airport taxis (€45) wait near the bus station.
Alkyon Travel Service
(
25102 31096;
alkyon-trv@ticketcom.gr
; Eleftheriou Venizelou 37)
rents cars from €40.
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Litohoro & Plaka LitohorouΛιτόχωρο&Πλάκα
Λιτοχώρου
POP 6995 / ELEV 305M
Atmospheric, relaxing
Litohoro
(lih-
to
-ho-ro) is a village of cobbled upper streets and
wood-balconied houses. Best known for being close to Mt Olympus and ancient Dion,
it's an agreeable place in its own right, with cozy lodgings and excellent restaurants.
Litohoro's extensive beach area, the nearby
Plaka Litohorou
, is the site not only of
hotels and swimming holes but also Litohoro's train and bus stations (on the Athens-
