Подпоручикъ · CC BY-SA 3.0 Why visit
Lakeside city of Byzantine churches, Ottoman-era mansions and quiet waterfront walks around Lake Orestiada. Kastoria was an important fortified Byzantine and later Ottoman town on a peninsula in Lake Orestiada. Prosperous trading families built distinctive mansions, while dozens of medieval and post-Byzantine churches preserve important wall paintings. The visit is strongest when you focus on byzantine churches, doltso mansions and lake orestiada promenade.
What you will see
- Byzantine churches.
- Doltso mansions.
- Lake Orestiada promenade.
History
Kastoria was an important fortified Byzantine and later Ottoman town on a peninsula in Lake Orestiada. Prosperous trading families built distinctive mansions, while dozens of medieval and post-Byzantine churches preserve important wall paintings.
Photographs
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Visitor tips
- 1
Prioritise Byzantine churches if you have less time than the full suggested visit.
- 2
Leave enough time for Doltso mansions rather than treating Kastoria Old Town and Lake as a quick photo stop.
About Western Macedonia
Lake towns, Prespa wetlands, restored mountain villages and large-carnivore conservation.
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