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Alonissos

Greek island in the Aegean Sea and Municipality

93km

39.2104423.91483

Pirin National Park

National Park

144km

41.5523.5667

Rhodope Mountains

mountain range in Southeastern Europe

151km

41.7590224.95819

Thessaloniki

city in Greece

155km

40.62522.9725
Sights (6)

Great Lavra

monastery

6.4km

40.17111124.382778

Iviron

Eastern Orthodox monastery in Greece

8.8km

40.245524.2848

Stavronikita

monastery

10km

40.2679833324.27673333

Karyes, Mount Athos

village

12km

40.2571524.24498055

Esphigmenou

monastery

26km

40.35268924.138053

Chalkidiki

peninsula of northern Greece

93km

40.3333333323.5
Nature

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Mount Athos

Greece
Someday we will visit Mount Athos or begin to dream about going there! However, for now its not on our radar. Let us know in the comments if you think that should change!

Mount Athos

Mount Athos is a mountain and a peninsula in Macedonia, northern Greece and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The peninsula, the easternmost "leg" of the larger Chalkidiki peninsula in central Macedonia, protrudes 50 kilometres (31 mi) into the Aegean Sea at a width of between 7 and 12 kilometres (4.3 and 7.5 mi) and covers an area of 335.6 square kilometres (129.58 sq mi). The actual Mount Athos has steep, densely forested slopes reaching up to 2,033 metres (6,670 ft).

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