In 334 BC, before crossing into Asia, Alexander the Great held magnificent sacrifices to Olympian Zeus at Dion and feasted his companions in a tent said to hold a hundred couches. The campaign that changed history began, spiritually, at the foot of Olympus.
After his first great victory at the river Granicus, Alexander honoured his 25 fallen Companion cavalrymen with bronze statues by Lysippos, the greatest sculptor of the age — and he set the group up at Dion, the sacred city of his ancestors.
Walking the park today, you walk ground that Philip II and Alexander knew personally. Few places connect you so directly to the Macedonian royal story — a highlight our guides love to bring alive on every Dion tour.