Ptolemaida - Πτολεμαΐδα

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Πτολεμαΐδα

THE Πτολεμαΐδα is her city Of Macedonia.

At a glance

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The city of Ptolemaida is spread in the valley of Eordea and is surrounded by the mountain slopes of Mount Askio - Siniatsiko, in the southwest and Mount Vermios in the northeast.

Ideal period of visit

It is built on a plateau at an altitude of 600 m and has a rich aquifer. Its climate is characterized as temperate, temperate - continental. In winter, the temperature reaches even below zero, with a strong phenomenon of rainfall and snowfall, mainly in the months of December and January. In autumn the temperature is low with frequent rainfall and intense cloudiness. In spring there is an increase in temperature mainly towards the end of May with a low frequency of rainfall. In summer the temperature can reach 38-39 degrees Celsius.

How to get there

By air

From her airport Kozani

By train

From the city Railway Station.

By road

It is located at approximately the same latitude and West of the Diocese of Macedonia, Thessaloniki with which it is connected by road via Kastania - Vermio 150 km (old road) via the Egnatia highway (new road network), and also via Edessa, 140 km. More specifically, it is north of Kozani at a distance of 28 km, east of Kastoria at a distance of 55 km, south, southeast of Florina at a distance of 54 km and southwest of Edessa at a distance of about 54 km. In January 1963 the National Meteorological Service the lowest temperature in Greece, which is still the absolute negative temperature record, with a value of -27.8 ° C.

How to move

What to see

Paleontological, Historical and Folklore Museum, October 28 1. It has been operating since 1997 and exhibits local clothing, old agricultural tools, household utensils and prehistoric tools, mammoth bones, ivory tusks, fossils of insects, plants and shells that prove that the area was once covered by sea. Since October 16, 2006, it is housed in the newly built and originally designed as a museum building. It has 2 floors and a total of 2,202 sq.m. on a plot of 2390.85 sq.m. In its premises and in addition to its main wings, the creation and operation of a shop, a maintenance workshop, a meeting and projection room, a periodic exhibition room, a refreshment room and an indoor covered atrium is foreseen.