3-days | MOUNTAIN WEEKEND – NAOUSSA

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Discover the town of Naoussa, a well-hidden destination in Northern Greece, a real find for the wine connoisseurs, nature and biking lovers. Hiking through the mountain villages of the area, feel the fresh air and eat fruit right from a tree. Take a biking tour on the vineyard-painted hills and taste Xinomavro wine. And the beautiful setting of vines will never fade away from your mind!
Learn how to cook traditional greek food with locals in it’s own home after a visit to the ancient greek Aristoteles School.
You will become part of the unique everyday life and you are likely to adopt some of the locals’ habits!

Tour day by day

1st day | Welcome to Greece

We welcome you at the city center in Thessaloniki and we set off for Naoussa, after making a stop to a unique archaeological site: Vergina, the first capital of the ancient Kingdom of Macedonia, which dates from the 11th century BC. After the visit we will go to a boutique hotel in the town centre of Naoussa. Once you have made yourselves comfortable and have put on your bike fitting, we will take a small bike tour through Naoussa’s countryside to reach the mountain village of Arkohori. There, we will taste the Greek “mezedes” in the main square where locals meet.

Meals: Snack | Dinner

Bike tour: 11 km | Difficulty: medium

2nd day | The Wine Roads

We will set off our ride through the wonderful green stretches passing by apple, cherry and peach trees. We will take a scenic spin through vineyards of local grape varieties and try few of them at our wine tasting. We will visit local wineries and enjoy the wine tasting of full bodied Xinomavro.

In the evening, the wine qualities we have tasted will be reviewed by a young upcoming winemaker/oenologist. A traditional exquisite dinner will follow in his family’s farmhouse.

Meals: Breakfast | Light Lunch | Dinner

Bike tour: 32 km (optional 10 km more) | Difficulty: medium

3rd day | Philosophy and local life

After enjoying a typical Northern Greek breakfast with pie and homemade jam in the hotel’s century yard, we will go to the ruins of the School of Aristotle. This is the place with the racing waters and the deeply-shaded caves which the ancient writers mention, where the greatest philosopher of antiquity taught the greatness of classical Greek thought and the ideals of Platonic philosophy to the son of the King of Macedonia Phillip II, Alexander.

After this we will hike through the nice fields of the around collecting fruits, vegetables and flores knowing the vegetation of the area. We will finalized our tour with a cooking lesson of typical greek food in the garden of an artist neighbor of Naoussa. After cooking, eating and drinking local wine, we will drive back to Thessaloniki where we will say goodbye.

Meals: Breakfast | Lunch

Mountain

3-days weekend

Region: North Greece
Destination: Naoussa
Duration: 3 days / 2 nights
Activities: biking | hiking 
Difficulty: easy-medium
Price per person: 500 €
Single supplement: 30 €
Transfer supplement: 35 €