With this online tourist guide, we're trying to offer all the appropriate information a visitor might need in his trip to Kastoria. A place worth visiting all over the year, offers a combination of natural wonders accompanied with excellent architectural constructions.
It is said that Kastoria is one of the most beautiful, panoramic, and majestic cities of Greece which is rich in history that disappears in the depths of the centuries. Rich elements of the Byzantine culture can still be found in Kastoria, Byzantine walls and Byzantine churches, unique in the architectural aristocratic tradition bound with the modern city which constitutes as the international center of production and trade of fair products.
The beautiful physical environment which the Kastoria lake dominates composes its identity. Kastoria consists of 20.000 residents and offers tourist attractions which handles the needs of the most demanding visitor.
The soil of the region is mountainous and the climate is continental with cold winters and hot summers. According to the latest census the population of the prefecture of Kastoria comes up to 52.000 inhabitants. In the city of Kastoria, they're living more than 22.000 people.

Geographical Location
Kastoria is located in northwestern Greece, it is capital that is connected with neighboring townships of Florina, Kozani, Grevena and the Albanian border. It can be accessed from all areas from Greece and by air from Athens. The city is built on the peninsula that enters the Orestiada lake located 623 meters above sea level, between the large mountains of Vitsi and Grammos, with a mild climate.
The lake of Kastoria is the most precious treasure of the town. It is a jewel that both the visitors and the inhabitants can enjoy, as a place of recreation and as a stimulus for romanticism and reminiscence. At the lakeshore there are enough squares and parks. In these specially formulated spaces, the visitor has the possibility to walk on the stone pavements and to admire the unique natural beauty of the lake at all seasons. Lake Orestiada of Kastoria is considered morphologically the most beautiful lake of Greece and has been announced a Monument of Natural Beauty" by the Ministry of Culture. The natural basin of the lake, which is enclosed by mountains of excellent geomorphology, constitutes a unique hydrobiotope. It is a hydrotope of great importance for the aquatic but also for the birds of prey and uses as an area of reproduction, nourishment and hibernation. It maintains a rich bird fauna, which includes rare and menaced species. More specifically: Pygmy Cormorant, White Pelican, Dalmatian Pelican, Great White Erget, Glossy Ibis, Goosander, Marsh Harrier, Whiskered Tern, etc. In the lake there are great quantities of various fish species, and offers the possibility for fishing, both with the traditional boats in the deep waters and with fishing rod in the lakeshores. In the lake's waters there are fishes such as, Carps, butterfly fishes, italian bleak, northern pike, etc. Fishing is allowed almost throughout the year, except the period of the fish reproduction. You can find fishing equipment in the special shops in the town of Kastoria and Argos Orestikon.
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