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In the last decades Koutsouras has been greatly developing in both the rural and tourism sector. It is a center of pre-season vegetable cultivation in greenhouses.Over Koutsouras is located the traditional settlement of Tsikalaria with the "pirate path" passing through, a historic remain of the Byzantine and Post-Byzantine years. The mountain sides In the south of Koutsouras are covered by pine forests while In the east there is a recreation ground, the Koutsouras forest. Koutsouras together with the neighbouring settlements of Makri Gialos and Analipsi are forming an urban entity developing to a modern town.
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| Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 April 2012 21:52 |
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