Vertiskos

As a mother, who is always giving to her children, they likened the previous years to the sources of abundant water, the so-called “neromanes”, from which the villages were watered. In Vertiskos, in the municipality of Langadas, many neromanes are still preserved and the residents have undertaken a series of projects in order to highlight […]

Avissoka or Vyrsoka, in today’s Ossa of Thessaloniki, is a village built on the slopes of Mount Vertiskos at an altitude of 650 meters. Ossa has its own history since it is known since the Hellenistic times as the city of ancient Visaltia. Saint Kyranna of Ossa was born and martyred in Ossa. In the

At the end of June, it is worth visiting the “Cherry Festival” in Ossa where the residents celebrate the excellent quality of their production, organizing parallel cultural events. Just outside the village there is a fully accessible winery with tasting facilities, an open-air oenology museum, a wine aging cellar, a traditional café and a restaurant.

Just 13 minutes from Langadas is the village of Pente Vryses It was founded in 1937. It was originally called Pente Pigadia (Five Wells) because the women used to take water from them. After a few years the inhabitants moved 3 km east of their original location and changed the name to Pente Vryses (Five

Just 7 minutes from Langadas and with an altitude of 480 meters built amphitheatrically, is the village of Lofiskos. The historic chapel was built by the inhabitants of the village in memory of the great Monastery of Inzekioi in the area of Ganochora in Eastern Thrace. Every year on 31 July, the residents, honoring their