The route is about 900 meters long, lasts about 40 minutes and is of low difficulty. It concerns the northern part of Old Xanthi and the district of the church of the Akathist Hymn.

The visitor can tour the upper part of the Old Town and see luxurious mansions built by the tobacco merchants of Xanthi, such as the M. Chasirtzoglou Mansion and the Kotsioudis Mansion. Starting from Mitropoleos Square, the visitor will head uphill in order to reach the center of the route, the Temple of the Akathist Hymn.

This church was inaugurated in 1861 and is the only one in Greece dedicated to the Akathist hymn. At the end of the route at the Ahrian Mosque you will have a wonderful view of the river of Xanthi, Kosynthos, and the district of Samakov on the opposite bank of the river.