Things to do and see in Xanthi!

If you like cultural holidays...Xanthi area is a multicultural place. Mix with the locals, learn their history and about the different characteristics and morals within the population. Take a walk in the Saturday's big, colorful open market in the city of Xanthi and buy things that you could not imagine that still exist! The Old City of Xanthi is a must! One of the biggest traditional settlements of Greece, the Old City has kept all the architectural characterisitcs of the past... Do not miss to visit Pomakochoria ( a group of isolated villages with indigenous population) and take unique pictures and the abounded villages of Kromniko and Livera, overlooking the Nestos meanders. 

Here are some of the places that travelers of Xanthi should not miss the chance to visit in the city of Xanthi!

The Open Air Market in Xanthi 

Xanthi is a beautiful multicultural area and an interesting way to leave this fascinating culture is the flee market of Xanthi that is held every Saturday in the centre of the city! The history of the flee market and although has its routes back to the Ottoman period it remains almost the same! Slightly through the years the market as for some years was selling only fruits and vegetables and for some years used as livestock market. Also the market up to 1920 was held every Sunday in the central square of the city.

In the flee market visitors can find almost everything! From fruits and vegetables up to carpets, antiques, clothes, herbs and many more! Do not miss the chance, enjoy a coffee and mix with locals!

The central square

Enjoy a walk or even a coffee in one of the many coffee shops in the central square in the city of Xanthi. The square had first designed in 1870 and was completed in 1880. The main characteristic of the square is the huge clock that is a meeting point for the locals.

Folk museum of Xanthi

Originally the Folk Museum of Xanthi was founded by the Progressive Union of Xanthi and at the beginning of the 19th century was expanded at Kaloudi and Kougioumtzoglou Mansions.

The building of the Museum is a perfect representative sample of the architecture of the last period of the Turkish – after 1830.

Visitors of the museum except from the magnificent exhibits like silver buckles, textiles, jewelleries, traditional customs from Sarakatsanous, Thracian and Pontioi tribes, will have the chance to admire the magnificent murals of the Museum artworks of Vavarians and German artists.