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Welcome to the Region of Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia for a dream of a backcloth.
and its magnificent SUMMER sun-soaked and cool, with lit-
mountainous tle local rainfall and temperatures making
it the ideal place for summer holidays..
character... AUTUMN for the well initiated who want
Central Macedonia with its magnifi- to get to know the alternative side of
cent mountainous character...having, as it Central Macedonia.
does, Greece’s highest mountain, Olym-
pus. And together with that of Western
Pieria in Pieria, there are also: Vermi- The Region of Central Macedonia
on in Imathia, Athos and Cholomondas in numbers:
in Chalkidiki, Chortiatis and Vertiskos in
Thessaloniki, Kerdylliia range in Thessa- 29 Places of Community Importance
loniki and Serres, the Vrontou range in 17 Special Protection Zones
Serres, the mountain range of Kerkini or
Belles in Kilkis and Serres and Voras, Pin- 3 National Parks (The Axios Delta Loudias
vo, Tzena in Pella and Paiko in Pella and - Aliakmonas, Koroneia and Volvi lakes And
Kilkis. Lake Kerkini) 1 National Park (Olympus)
And the endless plateaus... formed be-
tween the massifs, 4 Protected Monuments of Nature
with its rivers, such as Aliakmonas, Ax- (Thicket of oak and flowering ash at Mou-
ios, Gallikos as well as Loudias and Stry-
monas. ries, the beech forest at Pefkoto Pella, the
its marvellous lakes, Such as Vegoritida, mixed forest of Promachoi-Lykostomo
Doirani and the artificial lakes of Kerkini Aridaia and the Sfagnonas in the forest of
and Agra, as well as Koroneia and Volvi in
the area of Thessaloniki Lailia, Serres)
And its famous and well-hidden emer- 3 Wetlands of international impor-
ald shores
in Thessaloniki, Pieria and Chalkidiki, tance (RAMSAR) (Koroneia-Volvi lakes,
comprising landscapes of marked variety Axios-Aliakmonas Delta, Lake Kerkini)
and a large number of protected areas, 2 Biogenetic reserves (Natural monu-
source of life, richness and abundance, a
magnet for environmental and alternative ments of the mixed forest of Almopia Arid-
tourism. aia and the Olympus National Park (core)
One destination, 1 Biosphere reserve (Olympus National
four seasons. Park)
17 UNESCO World Heritage Sites-
WINTER with its low temperatures, high the 15 paleochristian and Byzantine mon-
rainfall, and snowfall which lasts 3.5 to 4
months from the end of November until uments of Thessaloniki - the archaeologi-
early April, is perfect for alpine sports. cal site of Aigai(Vergina, Imathia) - Mount
Athos
SPRING with a riot of colours, smells
and nature at its ‘Sunday best’, it makes 23 Traditional Settlements
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