Optional Daily Trips: Halkidiki – Aristotles Park – Petralona Cave

A full day escape to the alternative faces of Halkidiki

Step into the Land of Aristotles
Visit the ancient Stageira , birthplace of Aristotle, the greatest philosopher of ancient times and tutor of Alexander the Great.

Set amid a lush forest on the southern slopes of Stratonikos Mountain, overlooking the Gulf of Ierissos and the Mount Athos peninsula, is a thematic park honoring the life and works of Aristotle.

Explore experimental instruments aligned with the physics principles from Aristotle’s textbooks.

Dive into a unique prehistoric atmosphere
A journey back to centuries awaits at the Petralona cave, one of Europe’s most impressive caves, formed around 1 million years ago. Housing one of the world’s richest fossil collections, this enchanting labyrinthine complex of stalactites and stalagmites reveals traces of Archanthropus habitation dating back approximately 700,000 years—making it the most ancient European ancestors’ discovery to date.