Η Drama and its wider area have a long history since they have been inhabited since prehistoric times. The etymology of the word comes from "Hydrama" - "Drama", due to the abundance of water gushing in the area of ​​the city

Towards the end of the classical and the beginning of the Hellenistic years, a settlement was created in the place of Drama, the inhabitants of which they cultivated the vine and worshiped the god Dionysus in a special sanctuary.

In Roman times the settlement functions as a Roman station of a fork of the Egnatia Road, which started from Philippi.

During the Ottoman Empire, in 1895, the railway station of Drama was built, which was considered one of the most important on the line that connected Thessaloniki with Alexandroupolis and then with Constantinople, a fact that contributed to the development of the city.

Drama was united with the Greek state in 1918, when the Bulgarians were expelled at the end of the First World War.

After the Asia Minor catastrophe of 1922 and the exchange of populations, in 1923-1924 in Drama many refugees from the regions of Eastern Thrace, Eastern Romulia and Asia Minor (Ionia, Bithynia, Cappadocia, Pontus) settled in Drama. they revitalized the area and provoked.

Until 1980 o smoke It was mainly the driving force of the economy, something that is reflected in the impressive desert tobacco warehouses.

For the next 30 years, the economy was supported by the garment factories, until due to non-competitiveness, they were transferred to other countries. Today, growth is based mainly on marbles exported around the world and its development Draminou vineyard.

With virgin forests and caves (the cave of the river Aggitis is one of the most impressive in the world) that are not found anywhere else in Greece, artificial lakes and imposing waterfalls, with the St. Barbara's Park Located among the 60 most beautiful parks in Europe, with plane trees, lakes, ducks, swans and wooden bridges, Drama claims a worthy place on the tourist horizon.

With the three milestones during each year, the Drama knowledge, festival of Dramino vineyard organized every May, the Short Film Festival, every September, and her annual appointment Christmas Dream City, from the beginning of December to the beginning of January, Drama welcomes thousands of visitors and opens with claims to the rest of Greece

Drama, a place of contradictions, is trying to find its identity.

The delicious delicacies of the East are married to the chic French wines of Sauvignon and Semillon, the ruined mansions or Turkish houses are turned into alternative bars, cosmopolitan hotels are erected between the alleys and cobbled streets and the abandoned tobacco houses Hydrama Grand Hotel and they make those dreams crazy too.