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Three mountain bikers on a singletrack above lake Ohrid in Macedonia.

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Overview

Travellers lured automatically to Greece's islands and southern charms risk missing out on one of the country's most fascinating regions: Macedonia. Forever associated with Alexander the Great, it's littered with ancient cities, holy places and natural wonders that bridge the years between ourselves and the ancients who once revered them. And then there's Thessaloniki: Greece's second city, a cultural dynamo of ancient pedigree and the country's acknowledged gastronomic capital.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

Archaeological Museum

Thessaloniki

Macedonia's prehistory, Hellenistic and Roman periods are charted in this wonderful museum, home to many of the region's major archaeological discoveries鈥�

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Vergina Royal Tombs Museum

Macedonia

A grass-covered tumulus (burial mound) has been converted into a truly spine-tingling museum where visitors can descend to unspoiled royal Macedonian鈥�

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Mt Olympus

Macedonia

The cloud-covered lair of the Ancient Greek pantheon, awe-inspiring Mt Olympus is simply spectacular. It fires visitors' imaginations today, just as it鈥�

Philippi Archaeological Site

Macedonia

Founded in 356 BC by the energetic Macedonian dynast Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, this evocatively sited ancient city is on Unesco's World鈥�

Church of Agios Dimitrios

Thessaloniki

This enormous 7th-century basilica honours Thessaloniki鈥檚 patron saint. A Roman soldier, Dimitrios was killed around AD 306 at this former Roman bath site鈥�

Museum of Byzantine Culture

Thessaloniki

This fascinating museum has plenty of treasures to please Byzantine buffs, plus simple explanations to introduce this long-lived empire and its culture to鈥�

Church of Osios David

Thessaloniki

This serene little 5th-century church, once the katholikon (major church) of the Monastery of Saviour Christ of Latomos, is one of the most significant鈥�

Castle of Platamonas

Macedonia

Looming from an imposing coastal bluff near Platamonas village, 20km south of Plaka Litohorou, this well-preserved stronghold assumed much of its present鈥�

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