Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Byzantine Museum
MUSEUM
( 23310 25847; Thomaidou 26; €2; 8am-3pm Tue-Sun)
Up the hill across town, this chic
museum presents priceless icons and other Byzantine antiquities such as 5th-century
floor mosaics, marble epigraphy and ornate sarcophagi in a sumptuously lit, three-floor
space complemented by explanatory wall placards.
Church of the Resurrection of Christ
CHURCH
( 8.30am-3.30pm Tue-Sun)
Veria has dozens of
Byzantine churches
; few are open, but
this fresco-rich, 14th-century central church usually is.
Mt Vermio
SKIING
( 23310 49226)
Some 22km west of town, Mt Vermio has eight slopes and three lifts -
good for beginners.
Sleeping
Hotel Macedonia
HOTEL $$$
( 23310 66902;
www.makedoniahotel.gr
; Kontogiorgaki 50; s/d €69/75; )
The renov-
ated Macedonia has handsome, well-furnished rooms, and a rooftop terrace.
Hotel Villa Elia
HOTEL $$$
(
)
This central business hotel has
23310 26800;
eliaver@otenet.gr
;
Elias 16; s/d €55/70;
large, comfortable rooms.
Hotel En Eari
HOTEL $$$
( 23310 75788;
www.eneari.gr
;
Leof Anixeos 82; s/d/tr €50/70/120; )
Price cuts have
made the business-class En Eari more attractive. If the wi-fi doesn't work in the room,
try down on the cafe floor.
Eating & Drinking
Mezedopolio Elias Gi
FINE DINING $$$
( 23310 23053; Anixeos 65, cnr Koundouriotou; mains €8-16)
Excellent home-cooked
Maced- onian fare including veal cutlet in quince sauce, or
hasapiko zygouri
(aged
lamb). Other unusual dishes include dried beef liver with apple. Prices are cheaper at
lunch hours.
