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Pangaion Hills Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels

mountain range between Kavala and Serres Regional Units, Greece

About Pangaion Hills

The Pangaion Hills or Pangeo, Pangeon (Greek, Παγγαίο) is a mountain range in Norther-Greece, approximately 40 km from Kavala. The highest elevation is Mount Koutra (1,956 m). The Pangaio is located in the second row behind theSymbolochain of hills by the Aegean Sea to the south sea surrounded by fertile plains of Philippi-Kavala-Serresin front of theRhodope Mountainsrange to the north. The Pangaio is with almost 2000 m the highest mountain in theKavalaarea, with picturesque mountain villages, a multitude of monasteries and impressive vegetation. At the foot of the mountains the vegetation begins with the typical Mediterranean maquis (low, crippled sclerophyllous plants) and then changes slowly, with increasing altitude, in a dense deciduous forest and further above finally in coniferous f

Top Attractions in Pangaion Hills

Explore the best things to see and do in Pangaion Hills:

  • Aggitis Canyon
  • Agia Paraskevi Monastery
  • Agios Dimitrios Monastery
  • Agiou Panteleimonos Monastery
  • Amphipolis
  • Analipsis Monastery
  • Angista Roman mansion
  • Axion Esti Monastery

Where to Eat in Pangaion Hills

Must-try local food and restaurants:

  • 🍴Dio Wrises
  • 🍴Kastanies
  • 🍴Kastaniés
  • 🍴Mpostáni
  • 🍴Palairon
  • 🍴Pangeo Forest Village

Where to Stay in Pangaion Hills

  • 🏨Dionisos Village Resort
  • 🏨Pangeo Forest Village

Pangaion Hills Travel Guide Sections

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