Naoum caves

One of the routes towards the Megala Kazania sets off from Kokkinoplos, one of the highest in altitude villages of Mt. Olympus (1.150 meters). Once there, one can follow the dirt road towards Xerolaki which leads to the Naoum caves. These are pit-caves formed on the mountain’s slopes, which can be used as emergency shelters […]

Tower of Mamtzios | Tsaritsani

The restored tower of Mamtzios at Tsaritsani is an old stone building which is 14m tall, and has a raised ground floor, basements and three floors, the last of which is double in size. The flooring is made of wooden boards and beams. There also used to be wooden staircases. In total there are 84 […]

Rapsani

On the national Athens – Thessaloniki highway, right after the valley of Tempi, we come to a sign in front of the railway station building that reads Rapsani. The road snakes up and meets Rapsani at an altitude of 640m. The village is built on the south-eastern slopes of Kato Olympos, at a location bathed […]

Pythio

The village of Pythio is built in the western part of Olympus’s foothills. A political and religious center for the Perraivians, it was, also, one of the three cities forming the Perraivian Tripolitida.

Pyrgetos

Pyrgetos is close to the Tempi valley at the foothills of Kato Olympos, opposite Rapsani. It has a view of the Aegean and the slopes of Ossa.

Pinios river

Pinios, at a length of approximately 200km, is one of the largest rivers of Greece. Its springs are situated on the slopes of Pindos in the region before Metsovo, and its most important tributaries are Titarisios, that flows through the Elassona basin, and Enipeas, where waters gather from the Farsala region. According to mythology, Peneius […]