Livadia sits near the road connecting Kilkis to Promachonas, close to Lake Kerkini's western shore. Its few hundred residents work mainly in agriculture and livestock, and the village has built a real reputation for its buffalo products: meat, milk, butter, and kazan dipi, a rich dessert similar to crème brûlée that takes on a particular depth of flavor when made with buffalo milk instead of cow's.
Livadia also has its own small harbor on the lake, a quieter alternative to the busier ports elsewhere, useful for boat trips and birdwatching along this stretch of shoreline.
It's a village built around real, working life rather than tourism, and that's exactly its appeal: a genuine taste of how people here have lived alongside the lake and its buffalo herds for generations.