Village of Dion, on the mountain’s flanks, was a Macedonian holy city where King Archelaus (r. 414-399 B.C.) held nine days of games to honor Zeus. The oldest reference to Dion is found in Thucydides, who notes the existence of a small settlement in…

Athens Athens. The city with the most glorious history in the world, a city worshiped by gods and people, a magical city. The enchanting capital of Greece has always been a birthplace for civilization. It is the city where democracy was born and most…

Mount Olympus Gods, mythology, national park, flora, fauna, climbing, heliski… These are just some of the many associations that bind us to the centuries-long history of this grand mountain! Mount Olympus is located on the border of Macedonia and Thessaly between the prefectures of…

Thessaloniki  is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia.  Population reached in 2011, 1 milion inhabitants. Thessaloniki has always been a crossroad of civilizations, a place where the East and West meets, where great cultures and religions have been mixed. Gastronomy, events,…

METEORA Above the town of Kalambaka, on the north-western edge of Greece’s Plain of Thessaly, giant rock formations reach nearly 400m into the sky, like something out of a science fiction movie. Balanced across 24 pillars are monasteries, visible through the clouds. The giant…