Mountainous Halkidiki: Beautiful and unique

At the center of a big mining area, which BC has offered wealth and power from 500 to this day, Stagira towers above the forests of Stratonikos Mountain and the beautiful bays of Ierissos and Strimonikos.

Capital of the Byzantine Sidirokafsia, Machalas from Mantemohoria of the Sultans, was the base of the only free commonwealth from the 12 market towns at the years of the Turkish domination.

At Stagira important Byzantine buildings and the castle of Mantem Emin, lord of the Sultan in the area are saved.