Florina, Greece Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Surrounded by steep hills carpeted with beech woods, FLÓRINA is the last Greek town before the FYROM border, 13km to the north. The frontier is open to road traffic, but at present there are no trains, just an infrequent service to Thessaloníki from the semi-derelict station. Though it has a lively market, Flórina is a rather charmless place, with ugly Communist-style concrete buildings. Its only attraction to speak of is the Archeological Museum (Tues–Fri 8.30am–3pm; €1.50), which is just up from the train station and houses among other things some fine icons rescued from … more »