Discover Pontokerasia

Pontokerasia combines peaceful walks through the village with a special botanical focus: the Balkan Botanical Garden of Kroussia. Located in Pontokerasia, the garden includes native plants, waterfalls, artificial lakes, landscaped paths, streams, observatories and natural meadows. This combination of plant life and varied landscape features gives you several points to consider when planning your stay.

The Balkan Botanical Garden of Kroussia

The garden’s remaining 160 acres preserve plants from the Greek flora, including rare and endemic species. Preserving these plants is a central focus alongside the garden’s visible areas: water and paths, meadows and woodland areas are all part of the place’s described character. If you are interested in Greek plant life, the garden offers a specific theme for your stay in Pontokerasia.

The walking trails pass through rock gardens and medicinal and aromatic gardens, past waterfalls, small lakes, streams, landscaped paths, meadows and woodland areas. Information boards provide details about the plants. A walk therefore combines different garden spaces with information about the flora. As you explore, you can focus on the plants or take in the landscape features along the paths.

Walks and trip planning

Pontokerasia itself is also well suited to peaceful walks through the village. This is a different way to get to know the area than following the paths in the botanical garden: here, the focus is on walking through the village, while there, the paths lead through landscaped garden areas and woodland. If you are looking for a hotel in Pontokerasia, these different themes can help you decide what you would like your trip to focus on.

The garden brings together several interests, though they need not all amount to the same thing. The native plants and the rare and endemic species being preserved form the botanical aspect; waterfalls, small lakes, streams and meadows shape the garden spaces described here. Information boards add details about plants along the way. Those who prefer strolling through a town can also enjoy peaceful walks through the village of Pontokerasia.

Other places in the wider Kilkis destination

Within the wider Kilkis destination, Lake Doirani offers a distinct natural setting. The wetland is a habitat or stopover for numerous resident and migratory birds. Dense reeds and shoreline vegetation define the lake. Its birdlife therefore offers another nature theme within Kilkis alongside the garden’s botanical focus in Pontokerasia.

Visitors to the wider Kilkis destination can follow the lakeside path from the town of Doirani to the Forest of a Thousand Trees. This forest of Mouries, also called the Forest of a Thousand Trees, is designated a natural monument and covers 590 stremmata. Its designation as a natural monument and stated area give you specific information about this named natural area.

The landscape diversity of the wider Kilkis destination also includes Pikrolimni, a shallow lake beside the village of the same name. It usually dries up in summer. Its clay soil contains sulfur compounds and nitrates and is said to have healing and cosmetic properties. This description concerns the properties attributed to the soil and does not indicate that treatment services are available.

The Lake Doirani Museum in the wider Kilkis destination is open to visitors daily from 08:00 to 14:00; guided tours are offered to school groups. It is also open to residents and visitors to the municipality. Check the stated opening hours again before your trip. This helps you distinguish the botanical garden in Pontokerasia from the separate nature and visitor attractions in the wider Kilkis destination when choosing the right place to stay.

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