In Paranesti Drama has its headquarters the Natural History Museum where visitor can be informed about all the natural attractions of the area. The museum is aimed in both children and adults and provides rich information in both geomorphological features of the region and the wealth of flora and fauna. In the Museum of Natural History of Rodopi someone can observe embalmed animals such ...

Paranesti is a small town of Drama. Located on the road linking Drama with Stavroupoli of Xanthi. Has an altitude of 120 m and a permanent population of about 400 inhabitants. It is 40 km far from Drama and 22 km from Stavroupoli. It is the last supply center for the trip in the hinterland of Paranesti area. The area is characterized by its rich natural beauty, with a great and rare ...

It is situated in the northeastern part of the prefecture of Drama, below the highest peak of central Rhodope in 1,953 meters. One of its feature is the existence of a virgin forest that is the only one in the country and is considered as the most important of its kind in Europe. Logged as virgin (area of 11,000 acres.) In 1979 and immediately in 1980 it was declared as a protected ...

Prinolofos-Mavrokordato (Platanias-Pteleas), covering an area of 3.900 hectares, and pertains to the Forest Service of Drama (FEK 540/Β/90), , Aetorachi (of Paranesti), covering an area of 3.250 hectares, and pertains to the Forest Service of Drama (FEK 759/Β/77)....

The Sanative Springs in Thermia of Paranesti are located 25km north of the city of Paranesti at an altitude of 620m., where an old stone hydrotherapy center indicates human presence in centuries. In thermal springs there are no special facilities, just natural baths. The water temperature of the sanative springs is between 20 ° C and 58 ° C and has special therapeutic qualities as ...

In the wide region of Paranesti, there are many natural waterfalls which are formed in the dense forests, and are particularly impressive. Some of these are described below:• Close to the settlement Dipotamia and to the valley of Arkoudorema we meet the first Waterfall of Saint Barbara with a height of over 15 meters. Its water creates a small lake and the wider area is configured as a...

Karyofito is a village in the prefecture of Xanthi, part of the municipality of Stavroupoli and previously named as Kozloutza. It is located 41 kilometers northwest of Xanthi, at an altitude of 560m. The access to the settlement is from Xanthi - Stavropol - Dafnonas - Ano Karyofyto, or Drama - Paranesti - Neochori - Ano Karyofyto. From there starts also the main route to the village of ...

This mountainous town is the center of Muslim Pomaks where mosques, houses, huts, workshops, warehouses and shops are reserved as remnants of an authentic old traditional environment. Special characteristic is there houses with lattice porch, which as a closed or semi-private space, subsumes the family and is used for drying tobacco. The spread of new materials facilitated the lives of ...

The settlement of Prasinada is located northeast of the prefecture of Drama 58 kilometers far away from it, in the triangle of Paranesti (Paranesti-Prasinada 19 km). It is built on the foothills of the mountain Pangalos at an altitude of 713m. The locals are Pontian refugees from Trapezounta, who arrived in 1924 and fought hard to survive in the new homeland.Prasinada is a charming ...

09/10/2015 - 11/10/2015In Paranesti of Drama, in October, the Virgin Forest Races of Paranesti are held (Virgin Forest Trail) and include : 1) The 100 miles Ultramarathon Virgin Forest Mountain Race (Virgin Forest Ultra Trail). 2) The 106 kilometers Ultramarathon Nature TrailRace (Nature TrailRace). 3) The 46 kilometers Race Paranesti Path (Paranesti Path). 4) The 10 kilometers Race ...