Dion Archaeological Park: A Day Trip from Thessaloniki

Dion Archaeological Park: A Day Trip from Thessaloniki

Dion was the sacred city of the ancient Macedonians, the place where their kings worshipped Olympian Zeus at the foot of his mountain. It lies roughly eighty-five kilometres southwest of Thessaloniki, a walled town of temples, theatres, and paved streets set among the springs below Mount Olympus. Here the Macedonian rulers sacrificed before war, and … Read more

Day Trips from Thessaloniki

Day Trips from Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki sits at the crossroads of northern Greece, and its position turns the city into a launch pad for the wider region of Macedonia. Monastery cliffs, a mythic mountain, royal tombs, turquoise bays and thermal waterfalls all lie within a single day’s reach of the waterfront. A traveller can base in the port capital, sleep … Read more