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ATM-equipped banks stand around the main square.

InFlorina ( 23850 44144; www.inflorina.gr; Plateia Giorgiou Modi 13) A private agency with local tourism information.

Netville ( 23850 29494; Pavlou Mela; per hr €3; 10am-midnight) Internet cafe opposite, but slightly east of, Hotel Hellinis.

Police ( 23850 22222; Sangariou 24) The station is 500m west of Plateia Giorgiou Modi.

Post office (Kalergi 22) Left of Stefanou Dragoumi when approaching the bus station.

Sights

Florina’s Archaeological Museum ( 23850 28206; Sidirodromikou Stathmou 3; admission €2; 8.30am-3pm Tue-Sun), near the train station, contains ancient finds, including objects from the Hellenistic City site on Agios Panteleimonos hill near Florina.

Straddling both riverbanks, Old Florina contains attractive Turkish houses and neoclassical mansions; one has been restored by the Society for the Friends of Art of Florina, and reincarnated as the Museum of Modern Art ( 23850 29444; Leoforos Eleftherias 103; admission free; 6-8pm Tue-Sat, 10am-1pm Sun). The museum’s permanent collection of contemporary Greek art is complemented by frequent exhibitions. Walk down 25 Martiou, cross the bridge and turn right; the museum’s 200m further.

The Folk Museum (Karavitou 2; admission free; 6-8pm Mon, Wed & Sat) near the courthouse keeps inconvenient hours, but has unique photographs and folk costumes.

Sleeping

Hotel Hellinis ( 23850 22671; hellinis@line.gr; Pavlou Mela 31; s/d €30/40; ) Florina’s best budget option has clean, modern rooms and friendly staff that provide helpful local travel information. No Florina budget hotel has air-conditioning, but the Hellinis provides fans. The eclectic coffee bar has flower-painted walls, a working aquarium, paintings of schooners and the odd guitar. It’s two minutes west of the train station and a three-minute walk down from the bus station.

Hotel Antigone ( 23850 23180; Arrianou 1; s/d incl breakfast €40/50) The faded Antigone is a little beyond the bus station, but well beyond its sell-by date, as indicated by the tattered rooms and old fixtures. Save a few euros by opting out of the lacklustre breakfast.

Hotel Lingos ( 23850 28322; www.hotel-lingos.gr; Tagmatarhou Naoum 1; s/d €70/90; ) The Best Western–owned Lingos, just north of Plateia Georgiou Modi, has all expected amenities for a four-star business hotel, such as dedicated PC phone ports, a roof garden, and the occasional Greek celebrity or political guest.

Eating & Drinking

Florina has simple tavernas, with cafes lining Pavlou Mela’s pedestrian-only western half.

Prespes ( 23850 23973; Tyrnovou 12; mains €5-8; dinner) A no-nonsense central eatery, Prespes is strong on meats, served grilled or roasted.

Psarotaverna O Giorgos ( 23850 23622; Grevenon 16; fish €5-9; dinner Mon-Sat) Florina’s only fish restaurant, this friendly hill-top place 500m west of the centre serves tasty golden fillets of Prespa carp and trout, plus fish from the Aegean; the owner, Giorgos Hasos, visits Thessaloniki’s fish markets thrice weekly for fresh-off-the-boat seafood. It’s open only for dinner, after 7pm in winter and after 9pm in summer.

To Varosi ( 23850 29191; Eleftherias 84; mains €6-8; Wed-Mon) Another good spot for grilled meats, about 200m west of the centre, on the riverbank.

Art Café ( 23850 26535; Pavlou Mela 106; 9am-2am) On the western end of Pavlou Mela, this outdoor place with many juices, ice cream, coffee and flowery retro couches, is one of the more colourful of several adjoining cafes.

Getting There & Away

BUS

Domestic

From the bus station ( 23850 22430) buses serve destinations including Athens (€45, nine hours, two daily) and Thessaloniki (€14, 2¾ hours, six daily).

For the Prespa Lakes, buses leave on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 3pm to Agios Germanos (€4.80, 1½ hours); however, the bus continues to Psarades (€6) only on Wednesday. Buses from Florina return immediately, so you must stay over in Prespes. Out of school season, Florina–Prespes buses are infrequent.