Florina
Florina is a haven for mountain holidays. Combining cool mountain breeze and spots for winter sports (Vigla/Pisoderi Ski Center is close by Florina and offers the largest ski slope in Greece made for Olympic standards), an overall dramatic natural setting and charming hidden city corners, and everything from comfy accommodation opportunities and quality fare in old-style taverns/meze clubs, Florina makes the perfect all-year-round travel destination.
For travelers seeking out adrenaline places with dramatic moorlands alongside inviting art joints and quaint villages of a bygone era, book their holidays to Florina.
The best time to visit Florina is spring (from April onwards, when one can find blooming trees and especially dense forests around to indulge in a sundry of nature activities. But, don’t fret it your adventures are taking place during the cold months. There’s plenty to do year-round. Stroll to Agios Panteleimonas church on top of a downtown hill or take a coffee on the banks of Sakuleva river amidst mansions of Macedonian and neoclassical architecture – manors that have been the protagonists in Theo Angelopoulo’s films. On the other hand, for a getaway outside Florina, visitors can journey to the scenic village of Nymfaio as well as wander through Arcturos bear shelter and/or travel to the Prespa Lakes to savor fresh fish and hop on boat to see the invisible wet borders between Greece-Albania-North Macedonia.
Florina offers a wide range of catered or self-catered accommodation options for all types of visitors, from revamped hotels in the city center, to traditional guesthouses and B&Bs, to large hotels in the outskirts.
Florina – being famous as a nature-lover’s destination, offers also a number of enthusiastic nightlife joints, mostly for the students living in the city, who prefer to exchange Academic notes over the clinking of glasses. Your going-out options here are a bountiful of walkway coffee shops, cafes next to Sakuleva river – the perfect set for tasting a traditional spoon sweet and a great listing of old-school taverns with quality fare (trying the region’s culinary landmarks: aka kebabs made with meat of local produce & handmade relishes of red bell peppers), and tsipouradika - offering apart from tsipouro, nibbles to be share between the companionship, as well as an area of several intertwining pedestrian bars.