View of Didymoteixo from the castle

Didymoteicho is a city in western Thrace with about 8,500 inhabitants.

Get in

1 Bus Station

2 Railway station

See

• 1 Bayezid Mosque (Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque), Town square. One of the oldest mosques in Europe. (updated Feb 2016)
• 2 Byzantine Castle. (updated Feb 2016)

Some of the landmarks of the citadel are reported below:

• Temple of Christ the Saviour. (updated Feb 2016)
• 3 Tower of the Princess (Pyrgos tis Vasilopoulas). (updated Feb 2016)
• Castle’s central gate. (updated Feb 2016)
• 4 Gate of the Bridge (Pyli tis Yefiras). (updated Feb 2016)
• Tarapchanes Tower. (updated Feb 2016)
• 5 Church of St Catherine. (updated Feb 2016)
• Armenian Church. (updated Feb 2016)
• 6 St Athanasios Church. (updated Feb 2016)

• 7 Mausoleum of Oruç Pasha (Pirostia) (Near the Town Hall). 15th century. (updated Feb 2016)
• 8 Temple of Holy Mary the Liberator (Ieros Naos Panagias Eleftherotrias). with an Ecclesiastical Museum. (updated Feb 2016)
• 9 Plotinoupoli (Aghia Petra Hill). (updated Feb 2016)

Museums

• 10 Byzantine Museum. Western Thrace sole Byzantine Museum. It was inaugurated in September 2010. (updated Feb 2016)
• 11 Folk Museum. (updated Feb 2016)
• 12 Military Museum. Open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 09:00 to 14:00, Wednesday 18:00 to 20:00 and Sunday 11:00 to 14:00.. (updated Feb 2016)
• 13 Nalmpantis Municipal Gallery, 3, Patriarchou Dionysiou Street, ☏ +30 2553 023658. (updated Feb 2016)

Eat

• 1 Mprousko, Γερμανού 12. Τσιπουράδικο- μεζεδοπωλείο (updated Feb 2016)
• 2 Time Out, Venizelou 12. Restaurant/ fast food (updated Feb 2016)
• Ουζερι - Ψητοπωλειο Ο Πιπερας, ΟΡΕΣΤΙΑΔΟΣ 2. Ristorante con barbecue (updated Feb 2016)
• Bakemyday, 28ης Μαίου 10. Bakery, pizzeria, creperia, coffee. (updated Feb 2016)

• 3 Thrakiotissa, 7, Ipsilantou Str, ☏ +30 255 302 2285, +30 6945081574 (mobile). 07:00 - 18:00. Homemade food in great variety and handmade pasta. (updated Feb 2016)
• 4 La Fontana, 135, Venizelou Str., ☏ +30 255 302 3600, +30 6984 120170 (mobile). Italian dishes (pizza and pasta). (updated Feb 2016)
• Vienni, ☏ +30 255 302 2727, +30 697 757 0010 (mobile). Food cooked on a traditional charcoal grill. (updated Feb 2016)

Drink

• Motivo Art Cafe, Vasileos Georgiou 14, ☏ +30 2553 022531. (updated Feb 2016)
• Mirror Cafe, Vasileos Georgiou 22. (updated Feb 2016)

Sleep

• Hotel Anesis, 51, Vasileos Alexandrou St, ☏ +30 2553 022050. (updated Feb 2016)
• Ermis Hotel, Xatziantoniou Georgiou 4, ☏ +30 25530, +30 25530 20250-4. (updated Feb 2016)

Go next

• Cave Vouvas: On the southern hills of the city extends the forest Tsingla, which is used as a recreational area for excursions and celebrations by the locals. In Koufovouno there is a stalactite cave called "Vouvas", which was discovered and explored by speleologists in 1962. You can visit stalagmites and stalactites in the 30 meter high cave.
• Castle Phytio:The castle of Pythio, one of the most important and best preserved examples of military architecture in Greece, was also called Empythion in Byzantine times and was famous for its impregnable walls. It is located on a low hill on the northeastern edge of the village of Pythio, near the river Evros, very close to the Turkish border. Built between 1330 and 1340 it was of little use to the Byzantines. It was one of the first fortresses conquered by Turks on their invasion of Europe. Later, a village was built around the castle.
• Evros Delta: important wetland for migrating birds
• Rhodope Mountains