• 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
• 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'
• Caves

  • Name: Dispili
  • Location: Dispili
  • Description: The Cave, lying 500 m away from the village.
• Lakes

  • Name: Kastoria
  • Location: Kastoria
  • Area (Km2): 28,655
• Rivers

  • Name: Aliakmon
  • Location: Kastoria
  • Length: 297km
• Mountaineering Clubs

  • Name: Kastoria Ski & Alpine Club
  • Location: Kastoria
  • Address: 17, Vas. Konstantinou Street, 521 00 Kastoria
• Ski Clubs

  • Name: Kastoria Ski & Alpine Club
  • Location: Kastoria
  • Address: 17, Vas. Konstantinou Street, 521 00 Kastoria
  • Telephone: 24670 24884
• 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.