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Prefecture Of Kastoria
- Area (sq.km):
1.720
- Population (2001):
53.054
- Population Density(hab/sq.km):
31
- Capital City:
Kastoria
- Number of Hotels:
19
- Number of hotel Rooms:
1.096
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Long Distance Buses
- From Athens daily to: KASTORIA
- Ktel Address:
Kifissou St.
- Tel: 210 5152548
- Route: 07.45, 14.30, 20.30
- Return: 07.30, 14.00, 19.30
- Price: 32,80
- Duration: 8 hrs 30'
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Caves
- Name: Dispili
- Location: Dispili
- Description:
The Cave, lying 500 m away from the village.
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Lakes
- Name: Kastoria
- Location: Kastoria
- Area (Km2):
28,655
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Rivers
- Name: Aliakmon
- Location: Kastoria
- Length: 297km
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Mountaineering Clubs
- Name: Kastoria Ski & Alpine Club
- Location: Kastoria
- Address: 17, Vas. Konstantinou Street, 521 00 Kastoria
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Ski Clubs
- Name: Kastoria Ski & Alpine Club
- Location: Kastoria
- Address: 17, Vas. Konstantinou Street, 521 00 Kastoria
- Telephone:
24670 24884
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Carnivals
- Name: Kastoria's Carnival
- Location: Kastoria
- Description:
The Rangoutsaria of Kastoria is a ritual
which goes back to pagan times. Groups of
people, old and young, wearing fancy dresses
and playing folk instruments, hang around
the town. The Carnival celebrations, reach
their peak on the third day, called Pateritsa,
when all the groups dance through the streets,
satirizing various people and current events.
On the last Sunday of the Carnival, the
local people light fires (called boubounes).
The first of these is lit in the central
square, and this is gradually followed by
others in various squares of the town. The
townspeople gather round the boubounes and
are served with wine, raki, halva, olives
and grilled sausages. The merrymaking lasts
until the fires go out and only the hot
charcoal is left. There is another old custom
in Kastoria called "haskaris": an egg is
tied to the end of a rolling-pin klosti
and this is passed swiftly from mouth to
mouth. The person who succeeds in grabbing
it is the winner.
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