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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. |
