Pella - Vergina
Archelaus moved the capital of the kingdom of Macedonia from Aiges to Pella. The city flourished during the period of the descendants of Alexander the Great, who brought untold treasures from Asia. In the first period of excavations, the Agora, the Palaces, the sanctuaries, the cemeteries and the settlements were revealed.
Petralona
The cave was discovered by Filippos Handzaridis on May 10, 1959 and became known for its paleontological and paleoanthropological findings as early as 1960, after the accidental discovery in the cave by the resident of Petraloni, H. Sarigiannidis, of the famous fossilized human skull.
Amfipoli - Philippi Kavalas - Kavala
In the age of the Macedonians, Amphipolis emerged as a powerful city of the Macedonian kingdom with internal autonomy and with significant economic and cultural flourishing. Excavations have revealed much of the walls and some of the sanctuaries and private and public buildings of the city.
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki is the second most populous city in Greece. From its foundation by Kassandros, Thessaloniki as a flourishing Hellenistic city until the Ottoman rule, it takes advantage of its strategic position and develops into a multicultural city. Since 1912 with the end of the Balkan wars and the integration of the region into the modern Greek State, Thessaloniki has been the second most populous city in Greece.
Kalambaka-Meteora
In Northwest Thessaly, above Kalambaka, the eerie, huge and dark rocks of Meteora, full of fossilized shells, rise proud and imposing at a height of 400 m - a unique geological phenomenon. In this wild and inaccessible, evocative landscape, between heaven and earth, spreads the second most important monastic complex in Greece, after Mount Athos.
Dion - Platamonas Castle - Old Panteleimonas
The next ancient Macedonian city worth including in a day trip is Dion, 15 km after Katerini. The first mention of the city was found in Thucydides in 424 BC and subsequently it became a place of worship of the Macedonian gods. In Dion Philip celebrated the fall of Olynthos and here Alexander performed sacrifices before the Persian campaign. The ancient city was surrounded by a wall and had an urban planning system with two intensifying avenues and a dense network of streets. It is also worth seeing the baths, the sanctuary of Demeter.
Pozar Baths-Kaimaktsalan Pozar Baths
Among the most popular destinations in Greece in recent years, (Loutra Pozar), Aridaia are located at an altitude of 360-390m and at a distance of 13km. from the seat of the Municipality (Aridea), 45 km. from the capital of N. Pella, Edessa and 100 km. from Thessaloniki. The thermal springs of Loutraki Baths or Pozar Baths, spring at an altitude of 360-390 m. They are created by rainwater that penetrates the ground and reaches a great depth, where it heats up, rises higher and along the way is enriched with metals and other ingredients.
Mount Athos
The peninsula of Athos is the easternmost and roughest of the three separate parallel peninsulas (Kassandra or Pallini, Logos or Sithonia - central, and Athos or Mount Athos) that make up the peninsula of Halkidiki.
Souroti, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian - Monastery of Saint Anastasia of Farmokolytria
The Holy Monastery is dedicated to Saint John the Theologian and Saint Arsenios the Cappadocian. In the Monastery there are the Relics of Agios Arsenios of Cappadocia which are in its katholikon as well as the tomb of Osios Paisios.
Churches of Thessaloniki
Tour eighteen Byzantine churches-monuments and get to know the Byzantine and Christian history of Thessaloniki.
