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During their stay the visitors can make a trip to Mount
Athos with special boats.
They can also visit the neighboring villages (Ierisso, Ouranopoli) or to go by ferry to the picturesque small island of Ammouliani.
And of course, visitors can enjoy their swim on one of the many beautiful beaches of Nea
Roda area, go fishing or try water sports.
Aristotle park
Also, the visitors can visit Stagira, birth town of pholosopher Aristotle and the thematic park of Aristotle where they can can try optical disks, solar clock, compass, water turbine, parabolic reflectors etc. There are also telescopes to explore the area.
Nea Roda
Nea Roda is a beautiful
and picturesque resort with a natural harbor on the coast of Akanthios Gulf. It is the last village before the northern entry to Mount Athos.
The village was formerly called
"Provlakas" (meaning: before the groove) because it is located at the place where the Xerxes Canal used to be. A large section of the road from Nea Roda to Ouranopoli goes along the canal axis.
Nea Roda is a refugee village built in 1923 by refugees from the regions of Marmara and Cappadocia. The landscape includes clean sea, broad sandy beaches and many other natural beauties.
The village has a doctor’s office, pharmacy, petrol station, lots of shops, cafes and of course taverns where visitors can taste fresh fish and seafood supplied daily by the fishing boats of the village.
Ancient Stagira
It is known for being the birthplace ofAristotle, thegreatest philosopherof ancient times and thetutor of Alexander the Great. The city was founded in ca. 655 B.C. by colonists from the island of Andros.
Down to the Persian Wars, Stagira was a free, independent and prosperous city. After the Persians retreated, it became an ally both to the Athenians and later to the Spartans until the city was occupied by king Philip II of Macedon in 349 B.C.
A few years after the destruction, however, Philip himself repopulated the city in return for Aristotle’s, tutoring of his son Alexander. Yet Stagira never recovered its former brilliance and it is henceforth mentioned by ancient authors only on a few occasions, invariably in connection with the great philosopher. An enchanting later written tradition records that after Aristotle died, the inhabitants of Stagira transferred and buried his relics inside the city, in a place called “the Aristoteleion”, a large altar was erected on his grave, and an annual festival was instituted in his honour, called the "Aristoteleia".
