Lagonisi Beach

Lagonisi Beach is a beach in Sithonia, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia. Lagonisi Beach is situated nearby to the archaeological site Mega Tichos (Big Wall), as well as near the marketplace Farmer’s olive and oil market.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pyrgos Agios Nikolaos Sithonia (Ancient Singos?).

Pyrgos Agios Nikolaos Sithonia (Ancient Singos?)

Archaeological site

Singus or Singos was a town of Sithonia in the Chalcidice in ancient Macedonia, upon the gulf to which it gave its name, the Singitic Gulf. It is cited by Herodotus as one of the cities, along with Assa, Pilorus and Sarta, located near Mount Athos, which Xerxes had ordered to open a channel through which his fleet passed. Pyrgos Agios Nikolaos Sithonia (Ancient Singos?) is situated 3 km northwest of Lagonisi Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ormos Panagias and Agios Nikolaos.

Ormos Panagias

Village

Photo: MrPanyGoff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ormos Panagias is a coastal village of Sithonia in Chalkidiki, Greece. Located between Kassandra and Mount Athos, Ormos Panagias is considered by some to be the port of the village of Agios Nikolaos, which is only a few kilometres away.

Agios Nikolaos

Photo: W.Horseman, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Agios Nikolaos is a village of Chalkidiki, in the Sithonia peninsula with a permanent population of 2,500. Agios Nikolaos is 110 km from Thessaloniki, where Sithonia peninsula begins.