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Trikala
Accommodations
in Thessaly
TRIKALA.
A beautiful and modern town with rich history. It is built
at the same place where ancient Tricca used to exist and which
was known from Homer's time. It is considered to be the home
town of
Askliopios, father of medicine. Trikala is a contemporary financial,
cultural and tourist center and provides very good car and rail
connections with the most important cities in Greece. It is the
ideal place to stay for short holidays, excursions and business
meetings. The river Litheos, a natural priceless ornament,
with plenty of water, crosses the town. It also has a modern
street planning, comfortable pedestrian roads, spacious squares
and all sorts of places for entertainment. The town of Trikala
displays a great variety of monuments and sights worth visiting,
like Asklipion, an ancient healing place, the castle of the
town, Kursum Tzami (a mosque) the old fashionable quarter
"VArousi" with the imposing houses of rich people and the
meta byzantine churches, the Museum of Folk Tradition. |
