Kavala Greece - Day 5

Day 5 - May 26th - Kavala, (Philippi), Greece - A stunning Aegean setting and an array of sights drawn from 26 centuries of history make Kavala one of northeastern Greece’s most fascinating destinations. From atop the ruins of a Byzantine acropolis, an Ottoman castle guards the small peninsula that holds the old town, called Panagia. Philippi, the city founded in 356BC by Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, whose ruins have yielded Hellenistic, Roman, early Christian and Byzantine finds.