It was created in 1923, in a location of a temporary agricultural settlement with huts where a dozen of families used to live. When the refuges of St. Kyriaki of Asia Minor arrived here in 1922, those families moved to today’s Stagira. The region is of great historical importance since Ancient Stagira is located at the eastern part of Olympiada. According to a local tradition the village was named after Olympiada, mother of Alexander the Great, who was exiled by King Kassandros to Ancient Stagira. Today’s village, built alongside a beautiful beach, stretches in a bay of a natural harbor. It is surrounded by green mountains and magnificent beaches that attract a lot of visitors.

The most important historic site in Halkidiki is Ancient Stagira, located beside Olympiada, is mainly known for being the birthplace of Aristotle, the great Greek philosopher and teacher of Alexander the Great. Ionian settlers who came from the island of Andros founded the city in 655 B.C. while colonists from Chalkida settled a little later on. Xerxes I of Persia occupied it in 480 BC. The city later joined the Delian League, led by Athens. During the Peloponisian War, Stagira sided with Sparta against the Athenians. In 348 BC, Philip II of Macedon occupied and destroyed the city. In return of Arostotle’s tutoring of his son Alexander, Philip later rebuilt the city and resettled the old city inhabitants. When Aristotle passed away on 322 B.C., in Halkida his body was transferred to Stagira, where he was buried with great honors. He was declared a “founder” of the city and an altar was built on his tomb and established the the “Aristoteleia” a celebration to honor his name. The city was deserted during the Greco –Roman era. Later on a castle under the name Livasdia or Lipsasda is reported , during the medieval era, close to 1000 A.D., located where the ancient city was. The visitor can nowadays see the remains of some buildings on the northern slope of the archaeological site, as well as the small part of byzantine walling.

Since 1999 ANASTASIOU VASILEIOS engages with production and agriculture of mussels in Olympiada. In deep crystal clear waters ,where lush green forests extend all the way to the beachfront, far from every possible source of pollution , been produced the well known around Greece , for their unique quality and taste Olympiada’s mussels.