11 Facts About Kavala

Kavala is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit.

Kavala is an important economic centre of Northern Greece, a center of commerce, tourism, fishing and oil-related activities, and formerly a thriving trade in tobacco.

Nowadays the city's nickname is "the cyan city" and the symbol of the municipality of Kavala is the head of goddess Parthenos, the patron goddess of ancient Neapolis, as depicted in the coinage of the ancient Greek city.

Kavala was liberated by the Greek navy during the Second Balkan War and was incorporated into Greece with the Treaty of Bucharest.

Kavala became greatly involved and developed further in the processing and trading of tobacco.

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Municipality of Kavala was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the two former municipalities, which became municipal units:.

Kavala is built amphitheatrically, with most residents enjoying superb views of the coast and sea.

Kavala has regular connection with Interregional Bus Lines from and to Thessaloniki and Athens.

Kavala is connected with all the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea with frequent itineraries of various ferry lines.

Kavala is not currently connected to the Greek rail network.

Metropolis of Kavala established a conference center dedicated to Saint Paul, in the village of Lydia, near the spot where, according to tradition, Paul baptized saint Lydia, in the river Zygaktis.