Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Vergiotiko
FINE DINING $
( 23310 74133; Thomaidou 2; mains €5-11; lunch & dinner)
This grotto-like traditional res-
taurant is literally carved from Veria's old Byzantine walls, and serves hearty portions.
Try the pork with aubergines, or pungent mushrooms. It's up a hill, where the road forks
left to Vergina.
Sta Kala Kathoumena Katafygio
TAVERNA $
( 6986855941; Kontogeorgaki 18; mains €6-9)
Formerly known as To Katafygio, this res-
taurant occupies a restored old building and serves solid traditional cuisine, including
pork or chicken
tigania
(fried cubes).
La Grange
BAR
(Patriarch Ioakim 7; 9pm-late)
Old-school rock devotees patronise this simple wood-and-
stone old-town bar, which sometimes hosts live bands.
Fournos
BAR
( 23310 29829; Ellis 14; 10am-2am)
One of several cafes clustered along Ellis, stu-
denty Fournos has expansive indoor seating and a few curbside tables.
Vatrahos
CAFE
( 23310 20282; Karakosti 13)
You can smell the rich coffee brewing at this little place
near the new church, tucked neatly into the buildings. By night it's a bar, with an in-
triguing foreign-beer selection.
Information
ATM-equipped banks line Venizelou and Mitropoleos.
Police
(
23310 22391; Mitropoleos)
Post Office
(Dionysiou Solomou 4)
Getting There & Away
BUS
Veria's two central adjoining stations serve Thessaloniki (€6.80, one hour, half-hourly),
Athens (€35, 6½ hours, three daily), Edessa (€4.70, one hour, four daily) and Vergina
(€1.60, 20 minutes, eight daily).
