Alexandroupoli
"The
crossroad of people, cultures and beauty"
Alexandroupolis, a city that brings to your memory the
distant past and the beauty of today. A "key" city of
Greece, whether you leave or enter the east.
Alexandroupolis, one "open embrace" towards the open
sea. A city of tradition and innovation, a city of rest
and entertainment, a city of sea and tourism.
Its location is nodal, linking Europe to Asia, West to
East and thus its contact with the world and the rest of
Greece is achieved with every mean of transportation, by
land, sea and air.
Capital of the Prefecture of Evros, with all the
services at the disposal of its visitors but also with
the hospitable spirit of its 60.000 inhabitants.
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Alexandroupoli
is about 14.5 km (9 miles) west of the delta of the
river Evros, 40km from the border with Turkey, 300 km
(186 mi) from Thessaloniki on the newly constructed
Egnatia highway, and 750 km (466 mi) from Athens. Around
the city one finds small fishing villages like Makri and
Dikela to the west, and suburban Antheia, Aristino,
Nipsa, Loutra to the east, while north of the city are
the ever closing Palagia, Abantas, Aissymi and Kirkas.
At the 2001 census, the main city had a population of
48,885 and the municipality had a population of 52,720.
The current metropolitan population is estimated at
around 70,000 inhabitants, and its area covers the
southwestern portion of the prefecture, and it runs
approximately 40 km long and wide, its length shorter
northward. Its boundary goes 70% of the way from the
Rhodope Prefecture to the Evros Delta. The municipality
has a land area of 642.245 km˛ (247.972 sq mi) and is
the fourth largest in all of Greece. Besides
Alexandroúpoli, its other largest settlements are the
villages of Mákri (pop. 820)Ávas (497), Sykorráchi
(309), Aisými (289), and Díkella (288).
Alexandroupoli
is served by Dimokritos International Airport (IATA:AXD)
in the suburbs of Apalos, about 6km from Alexandroupoli
city center. It is one of the busiest airports in Greece
and a main hub for Olympic Airways and Aegean; there are
4 daily flights to Athens, and also flights to Creta,
while during the summer months some seasonal flights
operate to\from Germany and Russia. The airport is
connected to the city by highway, taxi services and
scheduled bus services. The port of Alexandroupolis has
been used principally by travellers. There are daily
services to the Island of Samothraki and a weekly
Trans-Aegean service to all the eastern islands of the
Aegean, with the final destination of the island of
Rhodes.
Trains run frequently to Thessaloniki and Athens, Burgas
in Bulgaria and Edirne or Istanbul in Turkey. There is
an extensive network of train and bus replacements
services through out the region of Evros.
The bus network is much more extensive and frequent.
Hourly buses to the major municipalities within Thracia
and Macedonia offered from the Regional Coaches KTEL as
well as daily services to Bulgaria and Turkey. OSE-Varan
and Ulusoy have daily services to Istanbul and Athens
each and depart from Alexandroupolis Train Station in
early mornings.
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Vacancies
in Alexandroupoli
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