FLORINA-PANAGITSA

ALTITUDE: 1206m
CIRCULAR ROUTE: YES
ROUTE LENGTH: 17,89km
ROUTE DURATION:  2h10min
ALTITUDE DATA (ASCENT-DESCENT): 533m
DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY: EASY
STARTING POINT: RAILWAY STATION
END OF ROUTE: FLORINA

ROUTE DESCRIPTION 

Our starting point is the Railway Station of Florina. In the direction of the Florina Drosopigi provincial road and towards the peripheral forest of the hill of Agios Panteleimonas.  On our way we will meet the church of St. George and immediately afterwards, at the crossroads, we will follow the right uphill road. On this road we will meet the Linx Hotel – Casino and the archaeological site of Florina (Hellenistic City). At the end of the fence of the archaeological site and after about 200 meters we will turn immediately left on the road we will meet. (ATTENTION Do not pass the tourist kiosk “ALSOS”). This road will lead us from the other side of the mountain, behind the Cross, to the slope of the village of Skopia. We continue on the dirt road until we meet a large junction. At this junction, we will continue straight on, where after about 3 km we will reach the chapel of “Panagitsa”.
We return following the right dirt road. On our downhill course we will meet a crossroads where there is a stone fountain. At this point we will follow the right downhill dirt road, which will lead us to the city of Florina.

SIGHTS
1- The chapel of Panagitsa
2- The chapel of St. George (Kalogeritsas)
3- The forest, the springs and the running waters