Petralona cave is located on the Greek peninsula of Halkidiki, near the modern village of Petralona (where it actually happened name) and about 35 km north-east of Thessaloniki. The cave is located on the western slope of the mountain at an altitude Katsiki 270 meters above sea level. Among the huge number of caves in Greece Petralona Cave - one of the most famous and impressive. This is where were found the remains of ancient Europeans.

The cave was accidentally discovered in 1959 by a resident of the village of Petralona Philip Hadzaridisom. World well known it acquired in 1960, after another villager found in the cave of the skull of early man, approximate age which according to experts was 700 thousand years (although there are differences, as some scientists believe that the age of the skull is much less, namely - 200 thousand years). Today, the skull is kept in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and is of great historical value.

Careful study of the cave Petralona allowed scientists to get a very interesting and valuable for science information. In the cave were discovered fossilized human remains (bones and teeth), old tools (stone and bone), fossils of numerous representatives of the ancient fauna, as well as traces of ancient hearth.

The total length of the cave (all its corridors and halls) is approximately 2000 km. Air temperature in the cave throughout the year has not changed and is 17 ° C (± 1 ° C).

Today Petralona Cave is open to the public. Individual attention, the stunning beauty of stalactites, stalagmites and stalagnates the most bizarre forms. Certainly worth a visit and is located near the entrance to the cave interesting Anthropological Museum.