Orestiada

By car

From Athens, 905 km (8 hours and 33 minutes)

From Thessaloniki, 406 km (3hours and 57 minutes)

From Alexandroupoli, 114 km (1 houra and 19 minutes)

From Kavala, 254 km (2 hours and 33 minutes)

KTEL Evrou (Buses)

By train

Athens - Orestiada in about 14 to 17 hours

Thessaloniki - Orestiada in about 8 hour and 30 minutes to 9 hours and 40 minutes

Alexandroupoli - Orestiada in about 2 hours

Orestiada is relatively recent town by Greek standards, less than 100 years old.

In ancient times, there was a small settlement on this site which legends claim was founded by Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Ancient Orestiada was located in present-day Turkey, across the river from the town of Kastanies, and the site remains undeveloped. Nea Orestias or New Orestiada was founded in 1922 when the population exchange occurred between Turkey and Greece, in which the Evros River became the new border between the two countries. Because it is a relatively recent city, it is laid out on a grid plan, unlike most Greek cities.

Source: wikipedia.org