Édessa

Worth seeing in and around Édessa

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Waterfalls Park, Edessa

   The Edessa Waterfalls or Edessis Waterfalls are located in Edessa city in Macedonia, Greece. The falls are a natural phenomenon that arose after a strong earthquake that struck the surrounding area in the 14th century.

   700 m · waterfall in Greece · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Yeni Mosque, Edessa

   The Yeni Mosque is a former mosque in the town of Edessa, in the Central Macedonia region of Greece. Completed in the 17th century during the Ottoman era, the mosque was abandoned in 1912 following the Balkan Wars.

   500 m · building in Greece · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Municipal Stadium of Edessa

   Municipal Stadium of Edessa is a multi-choice stadium based in Edessa. The stadium's main stand consists of 6,000 chairs but when Edessaikos F.C. was playing in the Super League Greece the stadium often accommodated about 10,000 fans.

   400 m · building in Edessa, Central Macedonia, Greece · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Water Museum of Edessa

   The Open-air Water Museum is located in the city of Edessa, Central Macedonia, Greece. In the early 20th century there were many water-powered workshops in the city.

   600 m · museum in Greece · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Old Hemp Factory, Edessa

   The Hemp Factory of Edessa, Greece, was an industrial unit focused on the creation of ropes from Indian hemp twine. It was the largest of the four hemp factories in Greece, in production and facilities.

   700 m · building in Municipality of Edessa, Central Macedonia, Greece · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Edessa Ecclesiastical Museum

   The Edessa Ecclesiastical Museum was founded in the northern Greek city of Edessa in 1996, by the local Diocese of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia. The museum is located on the outskirts of the district of Varosi and adjacent to Kokkinos Vrahos.

   600 m · museum in Greece · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Folklore Museum of Edessa

   The Folklore Museum of Edessa is located in the city of in Edessa in Macedonia, Greece. It was founded twenty years ago on the initiative of the local Alexander the Great Association.

   500 m · museum in Greece · Wikipedia

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Getting to Édessa

Airports

Thessaloniki Macedonia (SKG), 84 km · Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle (OHD), 117 km · Skopje (SKP), 133 km

Stations

Edessa railway station, 800 m

• Thessaloniki → Édessa

  77 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · €9–13
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• Kavala → Édessa

  199 km · quickest by road, 3h 42m · €23–32
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• Kerkyra (Corfu) → Édessa

  229 km · quickest by road, 6h 51m · €35–48
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