Chalcidice

(Local Name: Khalkidikí) Area: 3,000 sq. km/1,160 sq. mi.

The peninsula of Chalcidice, a hilly and well wooded region, lies southeast of Salonica, with three finger-like sub-peninsulas reaching out into the sea - to the west Kassándra, in the middle Sithónia (or Lóngos), to the east Athos. The name of the peninsula is a reminder that the Euboean city of Chalkis founded 32 cities here, including Olynthos. In recent years Chalcidice, with its magnificent long sandy beaches, has become a rapidly developing holiday region.

Chalcidice is traversed by two roads running from west to east, Salonica-Rendína-Kavála and Salonica-Políyiros-Ierissós, from which side roads branch off and run south