Sithonia is a mountainous region, generally a place with beautiful forests.
Her climate is Mediterranean.
Olives and Olive Oil
Thanks to her climate and the morphology of her ground, Halkidiki produces olives and olive oil which distinguish for their special taste and quality. The olive trees of Halkidiki are growing up without chemical interventions. Rich in phonological and organoleptic features ( substances that are necessary to the human organism). Halkidikis olives are remade with setting square the satisfaction of the consumer. The high nutritional value and the unique taste of Halkidikis olives and olive oil have made them very important part of the Mediterranean nutrition. Tasty and healthy can turn salads and foods into real gourmet pleasures.
Honey
Halkidiki is the “Mother of apiculture”. With 6.500 beekeepers (32% of the total of the country) and 1.910 tones production of high quality honey per year, fairly is called the center of apiculture in Greece. 2.300 years ago, Aristotelis, praised honey and its benefitsto the humans with the argument that honey extends life. Nowadays beekeepers of Halkidiki continue the tradition, reclaiming with the purest way the rich flora of Kassandra, Sithonia and North Halkidiki, producing big quantities of honey. The big quantities of traces in pine tree honey makes it the honey with the biggest nutrition value. The biggest apicultural center is Nikiti.
Marmelades and sweets
All over Halkidiki, rich variety of fruits are growing. The wonderful flavor of these fruits is the raw material for the well known marmelades and sweets that the women of Halkidiki make with a unique way. Their high quality, special taste and the respect of the manufacturers in the tradition have established them in greek and foreigh markets. Traditional marmelades and sweets of Halkidiki can turn your breakfast into a unique, delicious enjoyment for all ages.
Wines
Following the traditional ways of making wine and using the best species of wine grapes in combination with the ideal climate of Halkidiki we have managed to produce some of the best wines. Also the kind of the ground, our taste and our systematic scientific studies have established us as a wine producing area. The industrial units of the region are raising universally year by year for the new products that they produce for the wine production the finest greek and foreign, mostly French, species.
The biggest vineyard of Greece is located in our region, 4.750 acres.
Fishing
Fishing belongs to the basic professions for the residents of Halkidiki and therefore you can find every day fresh fish.
Beaches
Metamorfosi is a modern settlement, built in a place full of pine trees, next to beautiful coasts, graphic small bays...
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Greek mythology refers very often to Halkidiki. In Kassandra is buried the giant of earthquake, Egelados. Athos was created from...
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Sithonia is a mountainous region, generally a place with beautiful forests. Her climate is Mediterranean. Olives and Olive Oil Thanks...
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During the summer it has daily cruises for Mount Athos From Ormos Panagias You can have a unique all day...
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