Kassiopi remains a summer social centre heavily visited by tourists, particularly popular with visitors from the United Kingdom and Italy.

The town is said to have been founded during the reign of Pyrrhus, King of Epirus in the 3rd century BC, as a supply post during his war with Rome.

Οn this coast, as well as the ubiquitous "tourist shops" and every kind of eating and drinking facility, there are banks with cash machines, doctors and pharmacies, internet cafes and supermarkets, a primary school and an Orthodox church, travel agents and a police station.

In an attempt to alleviate the traffic density that occurred around the harbour, a Car and Coach Park is provided at the top of the village.

Both the village and its surrounding areas are safe at all times of the day, with crime rates having remained consistently low for the whole northeast coast.