OVERVIEW Central Macedonia, a unique land with a long history, is the largest and second most populous region in Greece after Attica. Central Macedonia’s capital city Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest…
More.OVERVIEW Dubbed “The Bride of the Thermaic Gulf”, Thessaloniki, is ancient home to kings and philosophers, a crossroads of trade routes, a gateway between two continents, a geopolitical keystone, a…
MoreThe regional unit of Serres is part of the Region of Central Macedonia and covers a geographical region that stretches from Strymonian Gulf in the south to the Greek-Bulgarian border…
MoreKnown as Pieria or Pieris in Antiquity and connected to Homeric πῖαρ “fat”, πίειραν ἄρουραν “fertile land” in a metaphorical sense, Pieria took its name from the Pieres (Πίερες), a Thracian tribe. Expelled from…
MoreNamed after the ancient city of Pella, the second historical capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonand the birthplace of both Alexander the Great and his father, Philip II of Macedon, Pella…
MoreThe regional unit of Kilkis, part of the region of Central Macedonia, is located between the regional units of Pella, Thessaloniki and Serres. Its capital is the city of Kilkis. The…
MoreOVERVIEW With its mountains, forests, rivers, fertile plains, numerous archaeological and religious monuments, ski resorts and traditional villages, Imathia is a year-round destination definitely worth visiting. From Aigai– the ancient…
MoreOVERVIEW Shaped like Poseidon’s trident, Chalkidiki, is a large peninsula, in the northwestern Aegean Sea. Made up of three smaller peninsulas (Kassandra, Sithonia and Mount Athos (the famous Christian Orthodox monastic state),…
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