Its distance is 120 km from Thessaloniki and 50 km from Poligiros. It has restaurants, hotels, camping, rooms for rent and a small harbor.
Vourvourou is a seasonal settlement and legally belongs to Ag. Nikolaos. Its history is known from the 10th century ac. There existed a small monastery, the monastery of Ieromnimon, which was given together with the area to the new monastery, monastery of Xenophondos of Agio Oros. The area was at that time called “land of Vourvourou.” The land then was mainly covered by oak trees, unlike today’s foliage which is mainly coniferous.