Pieria is an area in Greece famous for its well-developed tourism and many interesting monuments.
The most popular attractions in Pierri are:
-Archaeological Museum
-Dion Village
-Olympus National Park
-the city of Lithochoro
-Byzantine castle of Platamon
-Skotina Beach
-Old Pantaleimon
The Vergina Archaeological Museum opened in 1993 and is located inside a large mound. This underground structure was built to protect the found tombs of Macedonian kings.
The museum itself consists of tombs and a hall where treasures from royal burials are exhibited. One of the tombs, according to archaeologists, belongs to King Philip II of Macedon, father of the famous Alexander the Great.
Dion is a village in the Pieria region, famous for its archaeological site and archaeological museum. Dion was the cultural and religious center of ancient Macedonia. Since 1983, an archaeological museum has been operating in Dion, presenting finds discovered during the excavations of ancient Dion. The exhibition includes statues, funerary monuments, coins and other exhibits found during the excavations of the ancient city.
Olympus is a collection of mountain peaks and is located in the northeast of Thessaly. Mount Mitikas is considered the highest point of Mount Olympus. Since 1938, the Olimp mountain range has been declared a national reserve. The reserve is a natural monument, there are about 1,700 species of various plants, some of them unique. Olympus is the center of world tourism and a place of pilgrimage for climbers.
Litohoro or Litochoron is a town at the foot of Mount Olympus, a popular resort with sunny Macedonian beaches, as well as a center for mountaineering. It is in Litochoro that the climbing route to Olympus begins. Literally translated, the name Litochoro means stone place or place of rocks. There was once a Turkish prison here, which had a bad reputation.
The castle stands on the top of a hill rising from the sea. This is a medieval work of the crusaders from 1204 (the fourth crusader expedition, instead of to Palestine, headed to Byzantium). Construction took over 20 years. Then its ruler was a French nobleman and feudal king of Thessaloniki? Boniface Montserrat. He was quite a famous figure in Greece at that time. He surrounded the hill with solid walls and built a huge, octagonal tower in the northern part of the castle. The fortress was intended to guard the passage between the mountains and the sea to the south
Skotina beach is ranked 101st out of 367 beaches in the Central Macedonia Region 74.1 km from its center, the city of Thessaloniki. This is one of the beaches of the settlement of Paralia Skotinas, just 0.3 km from its center. The beach is located in a natural place with a very picturesque view
A small mountain village located at an altitude of 500 meters above sea level on the eastern slope of the Olimp massif. The patron saint of this charming stone town, which is part of the traditional architecture of the Mediterranean basin, is Saint. Pantaleon. He is an early Christian martyr and one of the most important saints of the Greek Catholic Church. Patron saint of doctors, nurses and lonely people. A small Orthodox church dedicated to St. Pantaleon with beautiful icons of the martyred doctor is the focal point of the village. Prieatful stone buildings were built around it. Panteleimon is permanently inhabited by only 9 families. However, it is a favorite destination for local Greeks due to the pleasant, cooler climate, the presence of many traditional Greek taverns and, above all, the breathtaking view of the Thermaic Gulf (Aegean Sea) at the foot of Mount Olympus.