According to one version, its name derives from spears (in Greek: "kontaria"), that were made in the region during the Medieval times.

On July 1, 2002, a hailstorm devastated crops and farmlands ruining a large part of its production.

Many farmers after 2013 changed cultivation and from tobacco, turned to the production of kiwi, grapes, peaches, olive groves and vegetables.

One of the main places that worth visiting is the Byzantine church of the Slumber of Virgin Mary (Naos Kimiseos Theotokou).

It has a dome and two chapels on the West aisle and is dating from the beginning of the 11th century, which means it is the oldest post-Byzantine church in Pieria.

Kontariotissa is thought to be located in a place where Pieris, an ancient town where Orpheus and Dionysus were worshiped.

The location of Pieris was, according to the dominant claim, today's Kondariotissa where the soil is not rough and this is confirmed from the fact that Dionysus was not a bucolic god, so he didn't need slopes and mountains.

[10] Modern authors write on the location of Pieris and they all agree that the town was near today's Kondariotissa.

William Martin Leake names it "Andriotissa" and Leon Heuzey writes that at the beginning of the 19th century there were 50 houses and also the estate of Ali Pasha, owned by the bey of Katerini.

Tryfon Evangelidis passed through the village, naming it as "Konthouriotissa" (Κονδουριώτισσα) and the same person says that there was an oaktree forest there.

Ovrios tradition occurs each year, only on Good Friday, where the Passion of Christ is mourned from Christian Orthodox people outside the church.

A puppet dressed in old men's clothes is erected on a high pole, which recalls Judas and his betrayal at Jesus Christ.