The museum's collections are well presented in a modern building. Room 1 is devoted to the excavations at Neapolis. Note the colossal Ionic capitals from the sanctuary of Parthenos (6C-5C BC) excavated near the Imarét, a huge building built in the Muslim style. Room 2 contains items from the necropolis at Amphipolis: carved stele, glass and gold Hellenistic jewellery (300-100 BC).

In addition to the ruins of a basilica with an atrium (6C) and the finds excavated at the prehistoric site of Dikili Tash on display in the museum, there is a great theatre dating back to the 4C BC. It was refurbished by the Romans in the 2C, then remodelled in the 3C when the stage was converted into an arena for gladiatorial and animal fights. The low-reliefs on the entrance pillar show Mars and Victory and a splendid bucranium (sculptered ox-skull).

The kástro (citadel) stands on the site of the ancient acropolis. There are exceptional views of Kavála from the Byzantine ramparts reinforced with towers. The aqueduct below supplied the Old Town with water. Within the ramparts there are prisons and a cistern.

Within the ramparts lies the picturesque Old Town; its narrow streets and steps wind between the houses from the Ottoman era with tiny courtyards and flowering balconies. Don't miss, near Platía Karaoli, the imarét, a huge and unusual collection of buildings designed in the Muslim style with many little domes; the Ikía Mehémet Áli built in the 18C, a typical Turkish dwelling; the extensive view from the belvedere of the harbour, the town and the bay as far as Thássos Island.