Alexandroupoli: facts

At a glance

• Country: Greece
• Region: East Macedonia and Thrace
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 52,979
• Coordinates: 40.8499° N, 25.8764° E
• Time zone: Europe/Athens (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Athens: 368 km (229 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Alexandroupoli Democritus Airport (AXD): 6.7 km (4.2 mi), straight line
• Çanakkale Airport (CKZ, Turkey): 92 km (57 mi), straight line
• Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport (KVA): 106 km (66 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Enez, Turkey: 22 km (14 mi)
• Sapes: 25 km (16 mi)
• Fillyra: 36 km (22 mi)
• Ipsala, Turkey: 43 km (27 mi)
• Kueplue, Turkey: 49 km (31 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Canakkale, 90 km (56 mi)

Things to see

• Ethnological Museum of Thrace (museum)
• K. Μαζαράκης-Αινιάν (memorial)
• Phare d'Alexandroupolis (attraction)
• Tζαμί Αλεξανδρούπολης (place of worship)
• Άγιος Νικόλαος /Μητρόπολη (church)
• Κωνσταντίνου Κανάρη (memorial)