The Rentina Gorge ( el, Στενά της Ρεντίνας) or Macedonian Tempe (Greek: Μακεδονικά Τέμπη) is a gorge in
Rentina, Thessaloniki
Rentina ( el, Ρεντίνα) is a village and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been a municipal unit within the municipality of Volvi. Its population was 5,821 in 2 ...
,
Macedonia,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...
, named after
Tempe (mod. pronunciation: "Tembi"), the long strip of gorges, hills and rivers in Thessaly.
The Rentina Gorge, located between
Mount Cholomon and the
Kerdylia mountains, lies just outside the major city of
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...
and is a popular tourist spot during
autumn, when the leaves change colour, and
summer, when many people
picnic there.
Canyons and gorges of Greece
Macedonia (Greece)
Landforms of Thessaloniki (regional unit)
Landforms of Central Macedonia
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