Culture & Sightseeing

Folklore Museum of Nikiti

The mission of the Historical and Folkloric Museum Nikiti is to study, interpret and present to all the history and culture of Nikiti in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Historical and Folkloric Museum of...

Historic old town of Nikiti

The old village Nikiti is a charming traditional settlement just across the road from the new part. Here, walking on narrow paved small streets, you can admire the beautiful, restored, stone houses, with the...

Ancient Olynthus

Olynthus (Ancient Greek: Ὄλυνθος Olynthos, named for the ὄλυνθος olunthos, "the fruit of the wild fig tree") was an ancient city of Chalcidice, built mostly on two flat-topped hills 30–40m in height, in a...

Petralona Cave

The Petralona cave (Greek: Σπήλαιο Πετραλώνων) also Cave of the Red Stones (Greek: Σπήλαιο " Κόκκινες Πέτρες "), a Karst formation – is located at 300 m (984 ft) above sea-level on the western...

The monasteries of Athos (men only)

Mount Athos (/ˈæθɒs/; Greek: Άθως, Áthos ) is a mountain and peninsula in northeastern Greece and an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism. It is governed as an autonomous polity within the Greek Republic....