28 August 2016 to 4 September 2016
Europe/Athens timezone

Conference Excursion and Places of Interest

The conference excursion will take place on Wednesday 31st of August 2016 after the morning plenary session (buses move at 13:30). Lunch boxes will be provided to the participants.

The excursion destination is Vergina, a small village with ruins of the first capital of Macedon, where participants will visit the archeological site and Macedonian tombs (of King Philippos).

Vergina
Macedonian tombs (of King Philippos). More beautiful photos and history here

Other places of interest in the proximity of the city of Thessaloniki can be found below.

Pella
Macedonian palace
Dion and Olympus
Sacred place of Macedonians
Thessaloniki
Visit tour of the town.
Some of the tourist attractions are shown here