Didymoteicho

View of Didymoteixo from the castle

Didymoteicho is a city in western Thrace with about 8,500 inhabitants.

Get in

1 Bus station

2 Railway station

See

• 1 Bayezid Mosque (Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque), Town square. One of the oldest mosques in Europe. (updated Feb 2016)
• 2 Byzantine Castle. (updated Feb 2016)

Some of the landmarks of the citadel are reported below:

• Temple of Christ the Saviour. (updated Feb 2016)
• 3 Tower of the Princess (Pyrgos tis Vasilopoulas). (updated Feb 2016)
• Castle’s central gate. (updated Feb 2016)
• 4 Gate of the Bridge (Pyli tis Yefiras). (updated Feb 2016)
• Tarapchanes Tower. (updated Feb 2016)
• 5 Church of St Catherine. (updated Feb 2016)
• Armenian Church. (updated Feb 2016)
• 6 St Athanasios Church. (updated Feb 2016)

• 7 Oruch Pasha Baths (Pirostia) (Near the Town Hall). The Ottoman bath dates from 1398-1399 and is one of the earliest Ottoman baths in Greece. Unfortunately it is in poor condition. As is often the case in Greece, the buildings from the Ottoman period are neglected and deteriorate. (updated Feb 2016)
• 8 Temple of Holy Mary the Liberator (Ieros Naos Panagias Eleftherotrias). with an Ecclesiastical Museum. (updated Feb 2016)
• 9 Plotinoupoli (Aghia Petra Hill). (updated Feb 2016)

• 10 Mausoleum of Oruch Pasha. Ruin in bad condition, despite its great historical importance. (updated May 2021)

Museums

• 11 Byzantine Museum. The sole Byzantine museum in Western Thrace. It was inaugurated in September 2010. (updated Feb 2016)
• 12 Folk Museum. (updated Feb 2016)
• 13 Military Museum. Open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 09:00 to 14:00, Wednesday 18:00 to 20:00 and Sunday 11:00 to 14:00.. (updated Feb 2016)
• 14 Nalmpantis Municipal Gallery, 3, Patriarchou Dionysiou Street, ☏ +30 2553 023658. (updated Feb 2016)

Further afield

• 15 Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest National Park. Well worth seeing park with many birds of prey and a visitor center and accommodation.  

Eat

• 1 Mprousko, Γερμανού 12. Τσιπουράδικο- μεζεδοπωλείο (updated Feb 2016)
• 2 Time Out, Venizelou 12. Restaurant/ fast food (updated Feb 2016)
• Bake My Day, 28ης Μαίου 10. Bakery, pizzeria, creperia, coffee. (updated Feb 2016)
• 3 Thrakiotissa, 7, Ipsilantou Str, ☏ +30 255 302 2285, +30 6945081574 (mobile). 07:00 - 18:00. Homemade food in great variety and handmade pasta. (updated Feb 2016)
• Vienni, ☏ +30 255 302 2727, +30 697 757 0010 (mobile). Food cooked on a traditional charcoal grill. (updated Feb 2016)

Drink

• Motivo Art Cafe, Vasileos Georgiou 14, ☏ +30 2553 022531. (updated Feb 2016)
• Mirror Cafe, Vasileos Georgiou 22. (updated Feb 2016)

Sleep

• Hotel Plotini, Vasileos Georgiou St, ☏ +30 2553 023400. A big concrete structure with an outdoor pool and free breakfast and wifi. Cozy in winter with the snow all around. $54. 
• Ermis Hotel, Xatziantoniou Georgiou 4, ☏ +30 25530, +30 25530 20250-4. (updated Feb 2016)

Go next

• Cave Vouvas: On the southern hills of the city extends the forest Tsingla, which is used as a recreational area for excursions and celebrations by the locals. In Koufovouno there is a stalactite cave called "Vouvas", which was discovered and explored by speleologists in 1962. You can visit stalagmites and stalactites in the 30 meter high cave.
• Castle Phytio:The castle of Pythio, one of the most important and best preserved examples of military architecture in Greece, was also called Empythion in Byzantine times and was famous for its impregnable walls. It is located on a low hill on the northeastern edge of the village of Pythio, near the river Evros, very close to the Turkish border. Built between 1330 and 1340 it was of little use to the Byzantines. It was one of the first fortresses conquered by Turks on their invasion of Europe. Later, a village was built around the castle.
• Evros Delta: important wetland for migrating birds
• Rhodope Mountains

Routes through Didymoteicho

Stara Zagora ← Haskovo (Junction (W / E) ← Ormenio/Novo Selo ←

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