Nea Skioni (, ) is a village and a community in the peninsula of
Kassandra,
Chalkidiki
Chalkidiki (; , alternatively Halkidiki), also known as Chalcidice, is a peninsula and regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia in Northern Greece. The autonomous Mount Athos reg ...
,
Macedonia
Macedonia (, , , ), most commonly refers to:
* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a former administr ...
,
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
. Nea Skioni is located 7 km southwest of
Chaniotis
Chaniotis (, or , ), is a town in the eastern part of the peninsula of Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Greece. Chaniotis is on the northeastern coast of the peninsula, 3 km northwest of Pefkochori, 4 km southeast of Polychrono, 7 km nort ...
, 7 km west of
Agia Paraskevi
Agia Paraskevi (, ''Agía Paraskeví'') is a suburb and a municipality in the northeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. It is part of the North Athens regional unit. Agia Paraskevi was named after the main church of the town, which ...
and 90 km southeast of
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...
. It is named after the ancient city of
Scione
Scione or Skione () was an ancient Greek city in Pallene, the westernmost headland of Chalcidice, on the southern coast east of the modern town of Nea Skioni.
Scione was founded by settlers from Achaea; the Scionaeans claimed their ancestor ...
, whose site was nearby to the east.
Nea Skioni was established in 1918 where fisherman huts existed. In 1930, the old village “Tsaprani”, which was located in the mountain of Kassandra, was abandoned.
The new village was named after the ancient Skioni, which was the oldest colony. According to Thucydides, it was built after the Trojan War by the Pellineis of Peloponnese, who were located there to spend the winter.
The village is a popular tourist destination known for its pleasant and engaging atmosphere.
Population
See also
*
List of settlements in Chalkidiki
This is a list of settlements in Chalkidiki, Greece.
* Afytos
* Agia Paraskevi
* Agios Mamas
* Agios Nikolaos
* Agios Panteleimonas
* Agios Pavlos
* Agios Prodromos
* Ammouliani
* Arnaia
* Chaniotis
* Dionysiou
* Doumpia
* Elaiochoria ...
References
External links
Nea SkioniAbout Nea Skioni Kassandra
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Populated places in Chalkidiki
Kassandra, Chalkidiki