Paralia Panteleimonos () is a settlement of the former municipal district of Panteleimonas, the former municipality of

East Olympos East Olympos, or Anatolikos Olympos ( el, Ανατολικός Όλυμπος, '','' ), is a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, Greece. In Greece's 2011 local government reform East Olympos became a municipal unit of the municipality D ...

, which belongs to the municipality of

Dio-Olympos Dion-Olympos ( el, Δίον-Όλυμπος, ''Díon-Ólympos'') is a municipality in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Litochoro. The municipality has an area of 495.314 km2. Municipal ...

, and is one of the 16 total coast of the

regional unit The 74 regional units of Greece ( el, περιφερειακές ενότητες, ; sing. , ) are the country's Seventy-four second-level administrative units. They are divisions of the country's 13 regions, and are further divided into municipa ...

. It is about 36 km from

Katerini Katerini ( el, Κατερίνη, ''Kateríni'', ) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the capital city of Pieria regional unit in Central Macedonia, Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, ...

, 56 km from Larissa 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

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town Ηράκλεια (Heracleia).regional unit - Παραλία Παντελεήμονος Πιερίας
/ref> There is a summer residence of the inhabitants of

Neos Panteleimonas Neos Panteleimonas ( el, Νέος Παντελεήμονας) 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. Neos Panteleimona ...

and tourist resort, which is flooded with tourists during the period May and June. It is located just below of the

castle of Platamon The Platamon Castle ( el, Κάστρο του Πλαταμώνα), an important part of the history of Pieria, is a Crusader castle (built between 1204 and 1222) in northern Greece (Macedonia) and is located southeast of Mount Olympus, in a stra ...

, 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

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

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