Archaeological Site of Olynthus - Archaeological Site of Olynthus

I have been to this site a few times over the years, more so to see when I visit if anything else has been discovered, new excavations etc. Would also love to see the South Hill opened up a little more, although I can appreciate there is still so much to find on North Hill. First of all though for anyone that has any walking problems, ill health or disability this may not be the the place for you, to access the site you have to walk a medium grade gravel path up quite a steep slope, luckily there are a couple of stop off points to take a breather if need be. In the spring/summer months TAKE WATER, you will need it as it gets hot up there. For anyone looking for any fancy 21st century gizmo's , forget it, this is an ancient archaeological site full of history and facts and pre-dates the Roman era by many many years. Observe closely the building and street infrastructure as well as drainage etc, you can see where the Romans got there ideas from, and the mosaics, in situ and the original stones, not tiles. The site in antiquity was a lot closer to the sea and was a major city with a lot of power, so much it became a concern to King Phillip of Macedonia who eventually sacked the city and it was left to ruin. The small museum shop also has pictures displayed of the original excavations as well as offering cheap food and drink (Pre Covid times). If you are lucky enough to be close by during spring take a look, it is an inexpensive way to learn some real history and you might also be lucky enough to see the Olynthos river in full flow prior to it drying out for the summer months. I love the place and am looking forward to returning in the not so distant future.

Impressive ancient site with vast dimensions. It is very interesting to learn how cities have been laid out so thoughtful and sophisticated. The whole region of Chalkidiki played an important role in those former times ... which had a lot of ups and downs (changing emperors, settlements being built and destroyed again.

Would be interesting for archeologists or architects. For avarage person there will be only few bricks that were a village in ancient time. Not worth 4 euro. Also, they don't work on Tuesday's

When you are coming in you expect to see is a lot of ancient stones and read descriptions. But when you are on top nice Gentlemen is coming to you and start sharing his knowledge about this place. It’s so amazing that you have to pick up your jaw from floor. Again I have to thank you for this lesson. If history teacher would be like you kids would love history.

Olynthos Archeological Site by Poly gyros 63100. Very large step once inside the gate, you can purchase a ticket 4Euro. You must walk up a slight incline 800 feet, to get to the top. They have many detail display signs in English and Greek. At the beginning of each lane. The site is a settlement with all the streets laid out. You can walk the streets and is the outline of houses and read the history. The water containers plus the old pipes for sewage The walls are not high about 2 feet. One area they are about 3 feet. I took about 50 pictures including all the detail signs. Plus the museum and shop. Rest stop. Staff very pleasant. Town and locals friendly.

Amazing place filled with the spirit of ancient history, wonderful landscape with hills, mountains and sea on the horizon. Highly recommend to the greek history lovers!

The house of the mosaics and some parts was not open because of the COVID and because we were there off season. Otherwise the settlement was interesting. I did not know that 2500 years ago they had running water and sewage systems on top of a hill.

So well not the first site we visited but tbh don't trust google maps in this case. If you trust google maps you will drive through olives plantation and I'm not exaggerating I'm serious we ended up completely in the no where and driving exactly like google said btw we saw the entrance but google said it would be another 5km, it's fixed now.... I hope at least I adjusted the entrance. But the side is not that great, it looks like the rebuild the real find with something similar