This route is about 1.7 km, about 60 minutes and of moderate difficulty. The visitor will stroll through the rich mansions of old Xanthi, built mostly according to the rules of neoclassicism and eclecticism and less according to traditional architecture. These mansions stand out for their architectural style, their intense decorative mood, their inspiration and their majesty in the urban landscape.

The visitor with this route will have the opportunity to learn, through the buildings, the history of their owners and the role they had in the economic, social and political life of the city. The wealthy families of tobacco merchants (e.g. Kougioumtzoglou, Stalios, Ladas, Sigalas, Karadimoglou, Daniel, Christidis, Moses, Valixoglou), other wealthy families who were commercially active in ironmongery (small metal objects) and glassware (e.g. Metaxas), or in textiles (e.g. Chasirtzoglou), or practiced the professions of notary-insurer (e.g. Blatsios) and doctor (e.g. Karabetsis).