Hotel Esperia Kavala

We have recently been to Kavala and we have spent a lovely night in Esperia Kavala Hotel with pleasure. If you’re looking for a cosy place to spend a few nights, this hotel is a great choice. I don’t know if it is this calm in the summertime, the staff and the facility was amazingly professional for a 3 star hotel. The lady in the reception tried so hard to give us advises about how to make our night unforgettable and breakfast was the best I had in my North Greece trip.

Esperia Kavala is located in the city center, quite close to bus terminal which you can access Thessaloniki and Athens. There are lots of shops in the 100m circle including kiosks, Goody’s (a Greek fast food shop, delicious!), some patisseries and some restaurants. If you walk just 15 minutes, you arrive to the coast and there you can find lots of taverns and fish restaurants.

The breakfast is actually much more than I expected. It was rich and tasty. The open-buffet breakfast is being served between 6 to 10.

Hotel is located in the first parallel to coast. But since there’s a small government building in front, the view is open and great. At night, it gives you a photographic moment of the city with Aegean sea.

Hotel Experia Kavala

Rooms are clean and big enough to keep our luggages and clothes tidy. The bathroom is relatively big for a 3 star hotel. Some rooms have a bath tube! When I was booking the hotel, I told them that we just got married and asked if they could give us a room with a nice view. They didn’t just do that, but also offered us a tasty Greek wine and a basket of fruits. It was so kind and generous.

We loved the city of Kavala and we loved this hotel. I believe that a nice stay makes you remember your trip with good memories. The staff of a hotel is very important for me that they define the vision of the commercial people to the visitors. I’m sure you will love Kavala city and this hotel as well. You can definitely book your Kavala stay in Hotel Esperia!

Kavala, an Aegean virgin

(Greek: Καβάλα) As we heard a lot about Kavala, we’ve never given a chance since Thessaloniki is just 2 hours away from this city, we always gave a miss to this city. Finally we made a trace trip on last October and stop by in Kavala for one night.

While I didn’t learn much about its history, as I made a quick search and I ended up with Thassians (the people from Thassos islands) who founded this city several centuries before, and they called it Neapolis, which means “new city”. What a contradiction for Kavala since it’s one of the oldest one in Greece currently! Oldie but goldie.. Let’s go on.

Old Kavala is settled on the skirts of a hill with a castle on the top, and the harbour at the bottom. New districts are settled on the coastal line, with most big hotels (and the one I stayed, Hotel Esperia as well) in the town. The main attractions of the city is in the small streets of old town and some parallel streets of the coastal road.

The main historical monuments in the city are the great aquaduct, which is built in Byzantian period and restored by the Ottoman empire Suleiman the Magnificent, the Kavala Castle which has a great view of peninsula, the Imaret, biggest edifice of the Ottoman period, which is used as an hotel now, and the Town Hall which is built by an Hungarian trader at 1895. There are signs and tables for a walking path and also informative tables about the buildings or the streets you’re in front of. You can visit many things on this path in a whole day and you can enjoy delicious Greek food while you’re having breaks.

Kavala Old Town

I strongly recommend you to watch the sun go down from the Kavala Castle. It’s one of the most amazing sunsets I’ve ever seen. After you’re finished with the city walk, it’s time for a great dinner at the harbour. You can enjoy many restaurants along the harbour. We’ve chosen Panos&Zafira (by the help of the kind receptionist of Hotel Esperia) at the corner of Plateia Karaoli and Dimitriou. We had many samples of Greek kitchen with an extremely competetant price.

In the morning we had a nice cup of Greek coffee in a café while the sun started to warm us again, watching the quiet sea. There are regular buses to and from Thessaloniki. From Kavala, you can also go to Thassos Island.

I’ve to accept that Greek food is as great as Turkish food. I’d expect some likeliness, but not this far!

As the weather didn’t let us to do, but we’re definitely sure that the beaches would give us a lovely chance to swim in an amazingly crystal clean and quiet environment in a warmer period. I’ve heard that it’s getting too crowded in the summer period but late summer, let’s say September would be a great choice of time to visit.

Antipaxoi

One last note about this beautiful city: Kavala is famous for its patisseries and a special cookie named as the city. Don’t hesitate to buy some for your friends..

If you are planning to visit Kavala and stay in Kavala, take a look at this Greece Kavala hotels page.