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Prefecture Of Kastoria
Area (sq.km): 1.720
Population (2001): 53.054
Population Density(hab/sq.km): 31
Capital City: Kastoria
Number of Hotels: 19
Number of hotel Rooms: 1.096

Long Distance Buses
From Athens daily to: KASTORIA
Ktel Address: Kifissou St.
Tel: 210 5152548
Route: 07.45, 14.30, 20.30
Return: 07.30, 14.00, 19.30
Price: 32,80
Duration: 8 hrs 30'

Caves
Name: Dispili
Location: Dispili
Description: The Cave, lying 500 m away from the village.

Lakes
Name: Kastoria
Location: Kastoria
Area (Km2): 28,655

Rivers
Name: Aliakmon
Location: Kastoria
Length: 297km

Mountaineering Clubs
Name: Kastoria Ski & Alpine Club
Location: Kastoria
Address: 17, Vas. Konstantinou Street, 521 00 Kastoria

Ski Clubs
Name: Kastoria Ski & Alpine Club
Location: Kastoria
Address: 17, Vas. Konstantinou Street, 521 00 Kastoria
Telephone: 24670 24884

Carnivals
Name: Kastoria's Carnival
Location: Kastoria
Description: The Rangoutsaria of Kastoria is a ritual which goes back to pagan times. Groups of people, old and young, wearing fancy dresses and playing folk instruments, hang around the town. The Carnival celebrations, reach their peak on the third day, called Pateritsa, when all the groups dance through the streets, satirizing various people and current events. On the last Sunday of the Carnival, the local people light fires (called boubounes). The first of these is lit in the central square, and this is gradually followed by others in various squares of the town. The townspeople gather round the boubounes and are served with wine, raki, halva, olives and grilled sausages. The merrymaking lasts until the fires go out and only the hot charcoal is left. There is another old custom in Kastoria called "haskaris": an egg is tied to the end of a rolling-pin klosti and this is passed swiftly from mouth to mouth. The person who succeeds in grabbing it is the winner.