The Beach of Panteleimon is a settlement of the former municipal district of Panteleimonas, the former municipality of East Olympos

East Olympos

East Olympos is a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dio-Olympos, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 9,374...

, which belongs to the municipality of Dio-Olympos

Dio-Olympos

Dio-Olympos is a municipality in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Litochoro.-Municipality:...

, and is one of the 16 total coast of the county.

It is about 36 km from Katerini

Katerini

Katerini is a town in Central Macedonia, Greece, the capital of Pieria regional unit. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, at an altitude of 14 m. The town, which is one of the newest in Greece, has a population of 83,764...

, 56 km from Larissa

Larissa

Larissa is the capital and biggest city of the Thessaly region of Greece and capital of the Larissa regional unit. It is a principal agricultural centre and a national transportation hub, linked by road and rail with the port of Volos, the city of Thessaloniki and Athens...

 and is southeast of the county. According to recent archaeological excavations in the area during the construction of the railway tunnel under the castle, were findings of ancient Greek

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...

 town Ηράκλεια (Heracleia).

There is a summer residence of the inhabitants of Neos Panteleimonas

Neos Panteleimonas

Neos Panteleimonas is a settlement of the former municipality of East Olympos, which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece....

 and tourist resort, which is flooded with tourists during the period May and June. It is located just below of the castle of Platamon, and for this reason sometimes is called "Κάστρο", Kastro (Castle). The coastal beach is 3 km. Each year awarded with the Blue Flag by the European Union

European Union

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, because of the purity of water and the sandy coast.

See also

• Beach of Skotina
  Beach of Skotina
  The Beach of Skotina is a seaside settlement of one of the five municipal districts, of the former Municipality of East Olympos, which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. It is 6 κm from Leptokarya, 1 km from the beach of...
  
  
• Neos Panteleimonas
  Neos Panteleimonas
  Neos Panteleimonas is a settlement of the former municipality of East Olympos, which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece....
  
  
• Palios Panteleimonas
• Castle of Platamon
• Platamon
  Platamon
  Platamon , also spelled as Platamonas, is a town and sea-side resort in south Pieria prefecture, Central Macedonia, Greece. Platamon has a population of about 2,200 permanent inhabitants....
  
  
• Neoi Poroi
  Neoi Poroi
  Neoi Poroi is a coastal village, on the southernmost coast of Pieria, near the traditional village of "Παλαιοί Πόροι", Paleoi Poroi and the vast and scenic wetlands in the northern part of Pinios....