Travel Eye on Kalithea (Halkidiki)

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Overview:

This relatively modern, straggling, low-rise resort has a "purpose-built for tourism" ambience. Most shops, bars and restaurants are seeking the tourist Euro, lining the main through road for ¾ ml. It is a rather steep descent to the beach, where further bars and tavernas have been built to cater to visitors' demands for waterside refreshment.

The fast through traffic gives the area a slightly more hurried atmosphere than other towns on the peninsula. 1 ml S is another, smaller nucleus of restaurants and bars serving the resort's large hotel complex.

The area has broad appeal, but particularly for beach lovers. Popular with mature German visitors in summer. Steep lanes from beach may be a problem for those with mobility difficulties.

A preponderance of apartments and private villas; a few small guesthouses in the village. 2 upmarket hotels on the outskirts.

Locality:

Kalithea lies midway along the east coast of the Kassandra Peninsula. (it is 54 mls SE of Thessaloniki; 49 mls SE of its airport). It is on the coast, on level land, straddling the main road, with low hills inland. The land drops steeply away to the NE-facing shoreline.

Entertainment/Facilities/Attractions/Things to do:

There is a wide bay with pale, coarse, gently shelving sand, well suited to children and swimmers lacking confidence in the water. Shoreside beverages available from an array of tavernas and bars. Sunbeds and parasols for hire.

There is a compact pedestrianised shopping area, running parallel to the main road, supplements the usual tourist paraphernalia with a range of surf-gear shops and jewellers. There is also a few supermarkets.

During the daytime activities include beach- and water-based activities, including windsurfing, water-skiing, scuba diving, paragliding and pedalloes, for history and culture lovers there is the ruins of Temple of Zeus on shore.

The nightlife offers a couple of nightclubs, music bars (including karaoke) and tavernas; otherwise, entertainment organised by larger hotels.

For food there is a choice of Mexican, pizza/pasta, British/Greek hybrid fare, fast-food eateries; almost exclusively for the tourists, with a few traditional Greek restaurants.