A Thessaloniki shore excursion is a guided half day for cruise passengers, with pickup at the port, a tour of the White Tower, the Roman monuments and the upper town, or a trip to the Royal Tombs at Vergina, and a return to the ship before it sails. Tours across the rest of the country … Read more
Vergina tickets give entry to the Polycentric Museum of Aigai at Vergina, the old royal city of the Macedonian kings, where one ticket covers the Royal Tombs, the Central Museum Building, the necropolis, the ancient theatre, the palace and the church of Saint Demetrius at Palatitsia. Tours across the rest of the country are listed … Read more
Veria tours start in the capital of the Imathia regional unit in Central Macedonia, a town at the eastern foot of the Vermio Mountains, north of the Haliacmon river. The routes cover the Byzantine churches, the Barbouta Jewish quarter, the Bema of Saint Paul and the museums of the town. Greece Tours lists the day … Read more
A day trip from Thessaloniki to Vergina carries a traveller into the heartland of ancient Macedon, to the royal tombs of Aigai and the treasures of its kings. The gold of Philip the Second, the painted graves under the Great Tumulus, and the palace on the hill above them form the core of the visit. … Read more