Byzantine heritage

Panagia Mavriotissa Monastery

This 11th-century lakeside monastery combines Byzantine and post-Byzantine wall paintings with a quiet stop beneath plane trees. Dress respectfully for the religious setting.

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What you will discover

This 11th-century lakeside monastery combines Byzantine and post-Byzantine wall paintings with a quiet stop beneath plane trees. Dress respectfully for the religious setting.

Quick check before setting out

Time: 30–45 min
Access: Lakeside route · car or taxi
Hours and cost: Variable · confirm before visiting · Free

Before setting out: Opening hours, tickets, road access and weather can change. Confirm them on the day before setting out.

Practical plan

Allow 30–45 min for Panagia Mavriotissa Monastery. Recommended access: Lakeside route · car or taxi. Add a little time for parking, walking and photographs.

What to combine it with

Keep the route compact by combining it with Panagia Koumpelidiki, Agioi Anargyroi and Agios Stefanos, rather than adding distant stops to the same day.

Before setting out

Opening hours: Variable · confirm before visiting. Cost / tickets: Free. Opening hours, tickets, road access and weather can change. Confirm them on the day before setting out.

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Where to eat nearby

Sweet Home Concierge suggestions for this route. Confirm opening hours by phone and reserve where needed.

Pasatempos6 Ermou Street · modern Greek cuisine+30 24674 00113

Kalnterimi12 Vizantiou, Doltso · local and Mediterranean cuisine+30 24674 01195

Palia Poli51 Orestiados, Doltso · lakeside Greek cuisine+30 24670 21401

To Steki tis PareasKastoria · Greek and Mediterranean cuisine+30 24670 82397

Gaitanis Meat HouseAgios Athanasios · meat dishes+30 698 988 2500

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Original Sweet Home Kastoria content · Last checked: 24 August 2026. Photo credits

Combine it with

Byzantine heritage

→Panagia KoumpelidikiPanagia Koumpelidiki, a 10th–11th-century church with a distinctive tall dome, is one of Kastoria’s defining monuments and a key stop on the Byzantine route.→Agioi AnargyroiA 10th-century three-aisled Byzantine basilica, renewed in the 12th century, with important wall paintings and carved stone elements from several phases of its history.→Agios StefanosA 10th-century three-aisled basilica with a women’s gallery, a chapel of Saint Anna and an early Last Judgement scene—one of the city’s most complex churches.

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