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Dadia Forest Address: Dadia Evros Information Center: tel: +30 25540.32.209 Management Body Offices: tel: +30 25540.32.202 Opening hours: Daily 8:00 - 16:00 Open on Saturday, Sunday and Puplic holidays Black Vulture In Dadia Forest you will find the last vulture colony in Greece. Black Vulture in Greece along with the colony in Central Spain are the two European unique vulture populations. The Black Vulture once existed throughout Evros prefecture but in 1979 it was on the verge of extinction when the population went down to 25 vultures. The gradual abandonment of farming and the burying of the dead animals for reasons of hygiene, reduced the available food. Similarly, the use of poisoned baits to kill labeled "harmful" mammals caused the death of many vultures. The protective measures that have been implemented since 1980 have led to the recovery of the population of black vultures. Vulture Feeders in Dadia The Food aid of vultures with dead animals transported into the center of the Protected Area, began systematically in 1987. Food aid is important both in the period-laying birds and raising their young, and for the first years of life young.

Dadia lies on the edge of a big forest which occupies 73.000 acres in the centre of the region. It has been declared protected area by international conventions and Greek Law. This is because numerous species cohabitate in this ecosystem including reptilians, mammals and most importantly big birds of prey. The peripheral protective zone covers 350.000 acres and it is overall a biotope of great environmental significance.
Route: Alexandroupolis - Dadia Forest

The area comprises one of the last remaining bird refuge in the whole of Europe. 36 out of the 38 species of diurnal birds of prey have been observed in the Dadia forest, especially the black vulture with a wing opening up to 3 meters, lives only here and in the respective colony in Spain.
Moreover, a great number of different species have been recorded here. They include 219 bird, 40 reptilian and 48 mammal species (wild boar, foxes, badgers, otters, roe deer, hares, wolves, bats, squirrels, etc). The flora includes wild flowers such as iris plants, paeonians, glandular plants and shrubs such as arbutus, heather, bushes, hazelnut and other big trees like pine, oak, willow, poplar, plane, maple trees, alder wood and carpinus betulus.

The financing for the protection of the forest comes from a combination of national policies and environmental programmes as well as WWF. Also, the council has set up a municipal venture in order to promote the eco-tourist centre that operates in Dadia.

The eco-tourist centre includes an information point with a permanent exhibition and video-slide projections, a 60-bed capacity guesthouse, a café and a gift shop. Also, a frequent mini-van service is available so that visitors can go up to the observatory in the forest to watch the birds feed in the trough with telescopes and binoculars.
Visitors can also use the excellently marked foot paths in order to trek up to the Giberna peak where they can enjoy the breath-taking scenery and get a bird’s-eye view of the whole area.

Source: Evros Municipality

Accommodation
For your stay in Evros Prefecture, you can book a room in one of the hotels and Bed & Breakfast inns.
In Alexandroupolis, as well as in many other areas of the County, there are hotels and accommodations of various categories and types (rooms to let, residences, Bed & Breakfast inns, studios, hostels, guesthouses and furnished apartments) that can satisfy every visitor's demands and needs for a pleasant and enjoyable stay.
You will find wonderful hotels, rooms and apartments to let of all categories and price ranges.


Access
By car:
Access to Evros Prefecture by car is easy through the existing road network.
The best way to explore, wander around Evros and discover its nature and sights is to have your own vehicle. It is worth visiting places where local tranportation and organized tours do not reach.

Indicative routes and distances from Alexandroupolis:
Athens: 800 km
Thessaloniki: 302 km
Patras: 770 km
Ioannina: 560 km
Preveza: 647 km

Alexandroupolis is linked to Thessaloniki, Macedonia and Thrace.

By bus:
Regular Intercity Bus routes serve most of the areas of the prefecture.
There are daily regular Bus (Evros KTEL) routes to and from Athens and Thessaloniki.

From Alexandroupolis there are also intercity bus connections to several regions.

By train:
Alexandroupolis is linked to Thessaloniki and all cities of Macedonia - Thrace network as well as to the rest of Greece.

OSE Alexandroupolis tel: (+30) 25510.26.395  
OSE Komotini tel: (+30) 25310.22.650, 25310.26.804  
OSE Xanthi tel.: (+30) 25410.22.581 
OSE Athens tel: (+30) 210.36.24.405-6 
OSE Thessaloniki tel: (+30) 2310.517.517, 2310.599.406  
TRAINOSE

By airplane:
In Alexandroupolis there is the "Dimokritos" airport, serving also Evros and Rodopi Counties.

"Dimokritos" ariport in Alexandroupolis tel: (+30) 25510.45.198
"El. Venizelos" tel: (+30) 210.35.30.000

Olympic Airlines
Airport, tel: (+30) 25510.45.198
Offices tel: (+30) 25510.26.207, 25510.26.361
Aegean Airlines

By ship:
There are daily routes linking Alexandroupolis to Samothrace.
tel: (+30) 25510.41.505
There are also routes to the islands of central Aegean and Lavrio,
tel.: (+30) 25510.26.721, as well as to the island of East Aegean and Crete.
tel: (+30) 25510.25.338

Port Authorities:
Alexandroupolis tel: 25510.26.468
Lavrio tel: 22920.25.249
Samothrace tel: 25510.41.305

Shipping companies
SAOS FERRIES
Reservations tel: (+30) 25510.38.503, 25510.24.694
Alexandroupolis tel: (+30) 25510.83.911

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