A lovely, tree shaded 9-kilometer (5,6 miles) road skirts the promontory of the lake, giving the visitor access to the sights of the lake and outstanding possibilities for bird watching (Photo underneath). The lake is at 620 m (1860 ft) above sea level and nearly every year gets frozen for about a week.

Orestiada lake, Kastoria’s lake, is a freshwater lake situated between partially forested hills, with wet meadows, reedbeds and marshes, a riverine forest and hedges with bushes.  It provides shelter and breeding conditions to a great number of species like the Little Bittern, the Night Heron, the Purple Heron, the Grey Heron, the White Stork, the Ferruginous Duck (one of the most important sites in Greece for the species), the Short-toed Eagle, the Golden Eagle, the Common Tern, the Kingfisher, and the Olive-tree Warbler.  There are regular observations of the White Pelican and the Dalmatian Pelican, while among the winter visitors, we can find the Cormorant and the White-tailed Eagle.

A lovely, tree shaded 9-kilometer road skirts the promontory of the lake, giving the visitor access to the sights of the lake and outstanding possibilities for bird watching.  One can either walk, ride, bicycle, or drive around the promontory.  Climbing to its top is not difficult, and once there, one can take amazing photographs.

To the left: Golden Eagle (Photo by Don Baccus)