Things to do & places to visit in West Macedonia, Greece

West Macedonia #14 destination in Greece 2023. The average rating score is 4.49 based on 4.454 traveler reviews, of 103 attractions. Timezone: Europe/Athens, current date and time: Sunday, May 05, 2024, 18:45.

Top things to do (37)

Top places to visit (30 attractions) view more »

5.0 Artemis O.E. (82 reviews)
- Horse riding
Bike Tours • Hiking & Camping Tours • Horseback Riding Tours • Kayaking & Canoeing

One of the most amazing place I ever visited ! Takis the ‘owner’ and his family have created a ‘paradise’ where the horses are free and all activities are in full respect of the nature. Takis is an amazing teacher, treats his horses with great respect and his visitors as friends that he wish to share with them the miracle of life in the nature. I honestly can’t wait to go back there!!!!it was by all means the best experience in nature I have ever had. Dear Takis and family thank you See more..
5.0 Greek Adventure (76 reviews)
- Amazing rafting experience
Sunday: Multi-day Tours • River Rafting & Tubing • Hiking & Camping Tours • Nature & Wildlife Tours

In a group of four, we tried rafting in Aliakmonas river, near the base in Grevena. The period of the season wasn't ideal, but the experience was amazing and unforgettable! Very experienced, professional and friendly staff. You can tell they are passionate about the service they deliver. Prices are reasonable for the experience they provide, with all equipment included. Highly recommended company for some adventurous experiences in Western Macedonia, Greece. See more..
5.0 Alpha Estate (74 reviews)
- Super winery / must visit
Wineries & Vineyards

''The expression of ALPHA ESTATE'S ecosystem throughout human's expertise and experience is the heart of our wine making philosophy'' This statement, coming from winemaker Angelos Iatridis and vine-grower Makis Mavridis pretty much sums the concept and the driving force behind the joint effort of two pioneers of wine growing and winemaking in Greece that selected the remote Amyndeon plateau, an area of PDO wines in North West Greece to establish and develop a state of the art vineyard driven winery. In the coolest wine region of Greece, at an altitude between 630 and 700 meters above sea level the two partners decided to invest in what is today one of the biggest investments in the Greek wine production over the last ten years. The area were today stands the 85ha privately owned block-vineyard was selected in the early 90's by Bordeaux educated and internationally trained enologist Angelos Iatridis, as the optimum wine growing and consequently winemaking region in Greece. See more..
5.0 Kastoria Outdoors (33 reviews)
- Kastoria Jewish Holocaust Memorial
Sunday: 9:00 AM - 11:30 PM River Rafting & Tubing • 4WD, ATV & Off-Road Tours • Bike Tours • Hiking & Camping Tours • Kayaking & Canoeing

This memorial was dedicated by the city of Kastoria to the Greek Jews of this city in the northern region of West Macedonia, who were killed during the nazi Holocaust. The Memorial of the Jewish Martyrs of Kastoria, honors the members of the Romaniote community who were rounded up by the German army in March 1944 and sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. The slab bears the inscription: “In this place, on March 24 1944, the Nazis gathered the 1,000 Jews of Kastoria and transported them to death camps in Auschwitz. Only 35 survived.” See more..
5.0 Trekking Hellas Rafting Aliakmonas (30 reviews)
- The best advanture in Greece!
Sunday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM River Rafting & Tubing • Hiking & Camping Tours

Me and the family join to rafting trip and it was awsom! The guide was very good and also had a great sence of humor. We had an amazing expiriance and a very good time. See more..
5.0 Zazari Lake (20 reviews)
- it is a small lake but really cute and beautiful
Bodies of Water

it has a cafeteria -restaurant in front of the lake with low cost food and beverages, worths to visit! See more..
5.0 Adventure Kastoria (14 reviews)
- Απίστευτη εμπειρία , Παραμυθένια ομορφιά .
Sunday: 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM 4WD, ATV & Off-Road Tours • Bike Tours • Climbing Tours • Gear Rentals • Hiking & Camping Tours • Nature & Wildlife Tours

Απίστευτη εμπειρία , αξίζει να την δοκιμάσετε ακόμη και αν δεν έχετε ξανακάνει κάποιο είδος κωπηλασίας .Το προσωπικό απίστευτο ,καταρτισμένο και σε εμπνέει μια σιγουριά που χρειάζεσαι για να αποβάλεις το αρχικό σου άγχος αν κάνεις καγιάκ για πρώτη φορά .
Η ομορφιά της πόλης μέσα από την λίμνη δεν περιγράφεται .Όποιος επισκεφθεί την πόλη ας δοκιμάσει σίγουρα μια από τις πολλές δραστηριότητες που προσφέρει το συγκεκριμένο γραφείο .Σας ευχαριστούμε για τις ωραίες στιγμές που μας προσφέρατε . See more..
5.0 In and out in 60 minutes (12 reviews)
- Mesmerizing
Sunday: 3:30 PM - 12:00 AM Spent 1-2 hours Escape Games

The first escape rooms in W. Macedonia, in Kozani. Visit us for the ultimate experience of mystery and fun See more..
5.0 Bridge Music Bar (10 reviews)
- Friendliest bar in Florina!
Sunday: 10:00 AM - 11:45 PM Spent 2-3 hours Bars & Clubs • Dance Clubs & Discos

Bridge Music Bar, is a venue that combines fun and entertainment, hosting cultural events in the heart of Florina City. Bridge bar, opens daily at 10:00 am, offering a great variety of hot and cold beverages, homemade sweets, snacks and sandwiches. After 21:00, a “Music Bridge” connects different kinds of international music from jazz, rock, funk, rock n’ roll to pop, disco, electronic, alternative rock. See more..
5.0 Pindos National Park (9 reviews)
- Pindos national park
Mountains • Nature & Wildlife Areas

Outstanding experience the visit to Pindos National Park at winter or summer. Lots of places to visit with clear rivers, old churches and stone bridges, high mountains for trekking See more..
5.0 Moni Panagias (8 reviews)
- Perfectly maintained Monastery
Spent < 1 hour Religious Sites

The Moni Panagias Monastery is a well preserved monastery beween the village of Kleisoura and Variko, Visitors should be appropriately attired (no shorts, no pants for women, wrap around skirts available if you are not properly dressed). There is a small gift shop with religious items, and ocassionally some jams. The water is cold and refreshing. There is a path up the mountain that leads to the Holy Trinity church ,good walking/hiking shoes recommended. Taverns (Arhontiko, Mokrini) and Cafeterias(Emeis kai Emeis, Hriskos), and coffee shops in Variko. Hotel (Terelidis) 3km from Variko. See more..
4.5 Kastoria Lake (849 reviews)
- Beautiful scenery, calming and relaxing environment
Bodies of Water

A beautiful walk along the shore of the lake. Starting from the busy commercial street with shops and cafes, roughly after one kilometer you will leave the town and walk around the peninsula. The distance is a little more than 7 kilometers, however the terrain is flat and you will not get tired. Halfway through you can visit the cave (closed on Mondays) and an eleventh century byzantine church. After an hour and a half walking, enjoy a coffee or a meal and the Nautical Club, the first building you will find at the end of the route. If you are not too tired you can mount the stairs at roughly Km 6 and enjoy the view from Prof Elias church (I didn't...maybe next time). After the Nautical Club you can see beautiful old houses along the coast street in the famous Apozari area. See more..
4.5 Cave of Dragon (Spilia tou drakou) (738 reviews)
- A trip into mountain hart.
Caverns & Caves

A 6,000,000 years old cave reveals his secrets to us. A nice visit for the entire family. Cave it’s self is the newest in Greece since it started to be visited only in 2009. It’s a small cave on the lake ring road very close to city center. 300 mtrs round it takes 15 minutes more or less. Guide are really trained and you will enjoy the walk. Try don’t follow big groups, as less person the better. Ticket is only 6 euro. See more..
4.5 Panagia Mavriotissa Monastery (357 reviews)
- Old Monastery with great history.
Points of Interest & Landmarks

Like all Orthodox Monasteries, still operates every day for locals and visitors. No special dress code, but try to be respectful. See more..
4.5 Arcturos Brown Bear Sanctuary (342 reviews)
- Magical walk to the bear sanctuary through the snow!
Sunday: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Spent < 1 hour Nature & Wildlife Areas

The Brown Bears' Sanctuary is an enclosed area where rescued bears will spend the rest of their lives, one kilometer of the south part of the village Nymfaion, with elevation 1350 meters. The area is around 12 acres long, inside a natural forest of beech, that comprises a typical habitats for the bears. See more..
4.5 Prespa Lakes (215 reviews)
- Small Prespa Lake is a very special zone of nature.
Bodies of Water

A beautiful pristine area shared by 3 countries. These lakes are shared by Albania, FYROM and Greece. A totally different kind of vacation to come in touch of nature as it truly is as well as the people who live there! See more..
4.5 Prehistoric Lake Settlement (214 reviews)
- Time travel
Sunday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Points of Interest & Landmarks

An excellent reconstruction of how human life was 7500 years ago! Do not hesitate to take the guided tour! See more..
4.5 River of Sakouleva (100 reviews)
- Lovely
Spent < 1 hour Bodies of Water

I have been to Florina a couple of times before. I always look forward to walking along this small river lined with old abandoned mansions with the mountains as background. It is a unique combination! Last time I saw some love locks, too. See more..
4.5 Wax Museum of Mavrochoriou Kastorias (78 reviews)
- Back to the past.
Speciality Museums

In no more than 40 minutes you go back 100 years backwards and see the habits and forgotten professions of the past along with the local culture. See more..
4.5 Folklore Museum of Kastoria (74 reviews)
- Excellent ½ hour tour of an intact 17th C mansion.
Sunday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM History Museums

We walked 300 m down toward the lake from our Venetula’s Mansion B&B to visit this museum, the only one open this Easter Sunday. The pleasant docent soon appeared and led us through the ~10 rooms of this 17th C mansion reciting the details in museum English. It’s intact with original furnishings, equipment, utensils and wall paintings. Excellent ½ hour tour for 2 euros each. See more..
4.5 Agios Achillios island (64 reviews)
- Amazing
Islands

It was a great and calm island.It has amazing view and grafic.It was excelent.Anyone who was near must go See more..
4.5 Historical - Folklore and Natural History Museum of Kozani (61 reviews)
- Amazing
Sunday: Spent 2-3 hours Speciality Museums

The Historical – Folklore and Natural History Museum of Kozani was founded in 1969 and officially inaugurated on 10th October 1987. The museum is a creation of the Letters and Arts Association of Kozani. The Historical-Folklore and Natural History Museum belongs to the category of Historical-Folklore museums. It is located in the city centre and it comprises the following thematic categories: Natural History Exhibition ((from the Palaeolithic era until recent years), Archaeological-Byzantine Exhibition (from 7000 B.C. to 1453 AD), Historical Exhibition (from 1453 to 1944), Folklore Exhibition , which is considered the most important one (from 1640 to 1960), Art Gallery of recent years, Stamp Collection (1861-2004) and Radio Collection (1930-1960). The Museum was founded in order to preserve the cultural heritage of the country through the recording and collecting of objects with the education of visitors as the ultimate goal. See more..
4.5 Portitsa Gorge (58 reviews)
- A place to visit!
Spent 1-2 hours Canyons • Geologic Formations

Take the new built road and arrive to the river. A great landscape with fresh running water is waiting there. Swim further down to a natural beach. A must go attraction when there, do not miss it! See more..
4.5 Arcturos Wolf Sanctuary (54 reviews)
- Amazing
Spent < 1 hour Nature & Wildlife Areas

It was created to eliminate the illegal practice of wolf poaching by individuals. The Sanctuary hosts ex-captive wolves in a 17 acre specially fenced area of natural oak forest. See more..
4.5 Byzantine Museum of Kastoria (46 reviews)
- Great experience
Sunday: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Spent 1-2 hours Speciality Museums

The Byzantine Museum of Kastoria, which occupies premises built in 1985, was inaugurated in 1989 and remained open until June 2013. During that period it housed an ‘interim’ exhibition in one of its three galleries. The new exhibition material focuses mainly on panel icons and sanctuary doors, of which there are seventy-five (75); there are also five (5) fragments of frescoes, and thirty (30) other items, examples of the minor arts. The inclusion of this material was reviewed and proposed in a report based on the following principles, consonant with contemporary museological and museographic practice: • Connection with the social and economic context of the period that permitted the painting of the icons and the system of values they serve. • Emphasis on the uninterrupted consequence of the city of Kastoria, which, its peripheral position notwithstanding, flourished in both the Byzantine and the post-Byzantine eras (9th-19th century). • Creation of a museum devoted exclusively to Byzantine and post -Byzantine icons, documenting both the unique character of the icons of Kastoria and the multiple aspects of their function in the Byzantine world, which are among the most important sets of icons in the world. • Organisation of the exhibits in direct association with the churches from which they came, as a spur for the creation of an archaeological walking route in Kastoria, a city that is considered as a prime example of a living, open-air museum. • Creation of a modern, scientifically serious but at the same time visitor -friendly museum. See more..
4.5 Prophet Elias (44 reviews)
- profitis cafe bar and prophet elias church.
Lookouts

Going to kastoria .you have to visit the hill with the spectacular view of the kastoria city .it is located on the northern part of the of the town.there you can go walking or have a coffee and a drink in profitis elias cafe.one of the best spots of the city. See more..
4.5 Kastorian Byzantine Churches. (35 reviews)
- amazing
Spent 2-3 hours Historic Walking Areas • Castles • Religious Sites • Churches & Cathedrals

it is one of the many byzantine orthodox churches of Kastoria. It is in the center of the city not far from the byzantine museum. The church is not big, but is very nice decorated with good preserved medieval icons. It is the only (i think so) church in the town with this type of cupole (dome). It is not open everyday, only some days in the year and it doesn't work as a regular church wit everyday service. If you want to visit it you have to find the responsible, who has the keys and to ask to open it. We didn't know this, but he saw us in the street and open the church and was very helpfull. See more..
4.5 Chionodromiko Kentro Vasilitsa (29 reviews)
- Great snow!!
Spent More than 3 hours Ski & Snowboard Areas

Very good medium (for Greece) size ski center, with a lot of middle dificulty ski-runs, all of them through giant pine trees. Trere is 2-3 difficult (black) slopes and a few easy. Usally snow condition is the best of all ski centers in Greece and the ski period is long (remember we are not in Alps, but in Greece). There are some cafes and restaurants in the base of the ski center. The view of the top of ski center is magnificent. You can see all the high mountains of Greece from Smolikas to west, to Voras (Kaimaktsalan to north and at the east is Olympus, the mountai of the Gods! The personel of ski center are polite and helpful, much more than other ski centers in Greece. In summer times Vasilitsa ski centrer is used for mountain bike. See more..
4.5 Culture 8 Cultural City and Nature Guided Day Tours (29 reviews)
- Fantastic Local Tour guide!
City Tours

This tour was extraordinary. Sultana is extremely knowledgeable and professional. She provided a broad based and personalized interest tour, I was able to get a better understanding of the area's history relative to my family's personal history. I sincerely recommend Sultana for this experience. See more..
4.5 Idees Art Cafe & Shop (23 reviews)
- What a Gem
Sunday: 9:00 AM - 11:45 PM Spent 2-3 hours Speciality & Gift Shops

The old traditional Mansion of Gakis in Kastoria turned into an art cafe and shop. Its vintage character and the different concept of its three rooms will impress you. Located in the center of Doltso square,in Kastoria's old town is waiting for you to visit it. ~~~ Pet Friendly ~~~ See more..