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In Xanthi, the food is not just good, it's special. With influences from Asia Minor, taste and ancestral processes that hold years, the food will surely delight you. There it is worth to try - and buy - soutzouk loukoum and Carioca. The saragli, kantaifi and other traditional oriental sweets of the region, such as ntilmper ntountai (meaning "The lips of the beauty"), kantaifi folia, chanoum burek ("the pie lady"), and the soutzouk and rachat loukoum, as well as ntontourmas – the ice cream with fresh sheep's milk, are of excellent quality and taste. Moreover, dishes like Tiat Kebab there is not to be found easily elsewhere. In Cooperatives of the region you will find local handmade products, such as pasta, desserts and jams, all made with local ingredients.

In Soufli more families have in their possession vines and a large number of distilleries operates. The liquor and wine that you will taste in Soufli are of exceptional quality, while very tasty preparations grape-based, such as moustitrachanas and moustopsomo will be a memorable experience for your palate. In addition, the registered trademark for Soufli is the traditional process of silk production and there you will find the most elaborate silk products.

"Sweet plain divine booze". This is the way in which Homer in Odyssey (Rhapsody I) describes the Manonite wine, which had to be diluted in twenty parts of water to be drunk and the sweet smell of the crater, a wonderful smell. This wine was the one that glorified Maroneia from Homer to the Byzantine era. It is also the thing that can glorify the area again, through a new attempt to revive the historic vineyard of Maroneia, which began in 1993 and continues until today from several small and large winery firms. Already, 500 acres of vineyards cultivated with environmentally friendly method of integrated crop yield annually about 500 tons of grapes. The enthusiastic reception of the first two wines Ismarikos local wine Chardonnay and Syrah released a few years ago in Greece and in foreign markets, gives strength, but also the necessary financial means to proceed with the investment projects mainly towards founding winery and bottling in Maroneia. A building to accommodate visitors to the vineyard Maroneia is already constructed, where there will be- between others- space for tastings and retailer of wines. It is a building with elements of the architecture of the mansions of Maroneia in line as possible with the physiognomy of the area. The implementation of the winery and bottling infrastructures have already begun. Other varieties of wine in Maroneia is Mavroudi, Malagouzia the Sangiovese, the Merlot, the Cabernet Sauvignon and Limnio.

Ιn the region there is a small area in the zone where the is located the Organic Olive Mill of Thasos, that produces the famous for its beneficial properties,organic olive oil \Kardiofilo\, the processing factory of salt-olives. In the same area there is the olive museum www.oliveoilmuseum.gr. In Holy Mary of Thasos one can visit the traditional mill. 

Productive Assosiation of Women of Kokkinogia produce traditional pasta, sweets, liqueurs, jams, fresh leaves for pie and various pies. Both pasta and pies which are produced by the assosiation are very specific. Created in the summer of 1998 by 21 women in the village of Kokinogia. The thoughts and the targets of these women was the transmission of tradition brought from the locations of their parents, to the younger generations from them, and the wider public.

In several regions of Greece you will find the sweet nut. But only in Thassos you will try the one prepared with Thassian honey that gives another flavor to it. Other sweets flavored with honey are also the fig and pumpkin. A good practice for you to choose between different producers selling their sweets shops in and outside their homes is to get from everyone a sweet box and then select the producer that best suits your taste for your commission. Be sure that none of a desserts is going to be wasted as all of them will amaze you.

Traditional - local sweets are the saragli the soutzouk-loukoum, the Carioca and other political sweets such as ntilmper ntountai (meaning "The lips of beauty"), kantaifi nest, tinkering patties ("the pie lady"), the soutzouk and rachati donuts and ntontourmas - ice cream with fresh sheep's milk day.

Thrace is renowned for its wine varieties of Roditis, Athiri, Assyrtiko, Xinomavro, Caber Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Negoska. In recent years in the area of Abdera has been revived the viticulture. Since ancient times, the area of Abdera was famous for its rich farmland and especially for the cultivation of the vine and the production of high quality wine. Do not miss to look for the indigenous wine at local wineries. Learn about the different varieties from the local winemakers, the methods of manufacture of wine cellars, the climate and the soil which are key factors for the tasty result. Navigate through the vineyards to learn how your favorite wine white, pink, red, sweet or dry, etc is prepared. The wineries operate tasting rooms to sample different varieties and stores to buy what you like the most.Same of the visitable wineries are: "Land of Vourvoukeli Abdera", "Vineyard Anatolikos - Abdera ", "Oinos Sgouridou - Mandra", "Vineyard Karakosta - Abdera", "Rakokazano - N.Chatzinikolaou - Mandra", "Trygos - New Kessani"

The area is famous for its wineries and some of them are the best in Greece. Most of them can be visited and one can take a tour in theis facilities and buy their products. Some of them are :DOMAINE K. LAZARIDI Α.Ε (Adriani), DOMAINE NICO LAZARIDI Α.Ε. (Agora), DOMAINE MANOLESAKI - GENNIMA PSIXIS (Adriani), TECHNI OINOU (Alypias) (Mikrochori), DOMAINE PAVLIDI Α.Ε. (Kokkinogia), DOMAINE MICHAELIDI (SAINT ATHANASIOS), DOMAINE OENOGENESIS Α.Ε. (Adriani), DOMAINE CHRIS KLONARIDIS,