The Platamon Castle is a Crusader castle (built between 1204 and 1222) in northern Greece and is located southeast of Mount Olympus, in a strategic position which controls the exit of the Tempe valley, through which passes the main road connecting Macedonia with Thessaly and southern Greece.
Situated in the famous Olympic Riviera, in the center of Paralia Panteleimonas, where the ancient Greek town “Heraklia” used to be. A 3km coastal beach is revealed to you just under the castle of Platamon, awarded with the “Blue Flag” by the European Union, due to the purity of the waters and the sandy coast.
meters from the beach
kms from Platamonas
kms from Thessaloniki
kms from the airport
HISTORICAL SIGHTS
Platamon Castle
Graphic Village
PALAIOS PANTELEIMONAS
Now that you’re here, why not head up to Palios Panteleimon? The beauty of Macedonia unfolds at your feet. This listed village has been called the Balcony of Olympus. You’ll travel back in time walking from the old village to the square filled with humongous plane trees. the views in this timeless place are stunning, too.
HIKING
OLYMPUS MOUNTAIN
Mt. Olympus’ wonderful nature of rich flora (over 1700 species, more than 20 of which endemic) and fauna (more than 30 species of mammals, 100 species of birds, 18 species of reptiles) left the modern Greeks with no choice but to proclaim it the first National Forest in 1938.
Archaeological Park
ANCIENT DION
The vast archaeological park and museum of ancient Dion are a wonderful opportunity to take a walk through a great city of Alexander the Great’s Macedonia. Named after Zeus, who looked down on it from his seat at Mt. Olympus, Dion was one of the most sacred sites of Ancient Macedonia.
MONASTERIES
METEORA
Meteora is the biggest and most important group of monasteries in Greece after those in Mount Athos. The rock monasteries have been characterized by UNESCO as a unique phenomenon of cultural heritage and they form one of the most important stations of cultural map of Greece.
