Places worth the detour in Central Macedonia Region
Detourmap lists 49 places in Central Macedonia Region, Greece, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Mount Olympus. 29 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 49
- Oldest
- Stageira 654 BC
- Little known
- 29 of 49
- Share of Greece
- 6%
Central Macedonia Region 49
All 49, best known first.
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13.Byzantine Bath
Archaeological · Notable
Building in Municipality of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
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14.Church of Hosios David
Archaeological · Notable
Church with fine Byzantine mosaics in Thessaloniki
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15.Atatürk Museum
Archaeological · 21st century · Notable
Historic house museum in Thessaloniki, Greece
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18.Archaeological Museum of Dion
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
Archaeological museum in Central Macedonia, Greece.
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29.Hellenistic theatre of Dion
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Building in Dio-Olympos Municipality, Central Macedonia, Greece
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32.Agios Athanaios Macedonian tombs NW
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Macedonian tombs in Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece
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33.Acropolis of Serres
Archaeological · 9th century · Hidden gem
Byzantine castle in Serres, Macedonia, Greece
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34.Tomb of Philip ΙΙ
Archaeological · 4th century BC · Hidden gem
Building in Veria Municipality, Greece
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38.Sanctuary of Demeter (Ancient Dion)
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Greek sanctuary in Dion-Olympos Municipality, Greece
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39.Sanctuary of Zeus Olympios (Ancient Dion)
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Greek sanctuary in Dion-Olympos Municipality, Greece
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40.Sanctuary of Zeus Hypsistos (Ancient Dion)
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Greek sanctuary in Dion-Olympos Municipality, Greece
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41.Temple of Isis, Dion
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Ancient Greek temple in Dion-Olympos Municipality, Greece
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42.Tower at Agios Vasileios
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Medieval archaeological site in Lagkadas Municipality, Greece
Elsewhere in Greece
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Central Macedonia Region?
Mount Olympus, 20th century. Mountain in Elassona municipality, Greece. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Central Macedonia Region?
49: 37 archaeological & historic sites and 12 nature & landscapes. 29 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Central Macedonia Region?
Stageira, dated to 654 BC. 9 of the 49 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Central Macedonia Region here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Central Macedonia Region if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Central Macedonia Region is a first-level division of Greece, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.











































