Practical first-stop towns with everyday beaches, real local life and easy services If you’re heading into Halkidiki by road, you’ll almost certainly pass Nea Moudania, Nea Potidea and Agios Mamas. For us, these are the “gateway” towns: not the most glamorous, but extremely useful, budget-friendly and surprisingly good for everyday beach life. After more than…
A practical week that actually works with kids Trying to “do” both Kassandra and Sithonia in one week is totally doable with children, as long as you stop chasing every beach photo and keep your drives short. We plan this kind of trip all the time at , and the families who enjoy it most…
Easy-going coastal and village walks in Kassandra that stay mercifully flat If steep climbs and rocky goat tracks are your idea of holiday torture, Kassandra can still be very kind to you. As local tourism professionals with over 20 years of walking this peninsula in all seasons, we’ve picked out the short, flat or gently…
Is the journey to Myrsini Beach on Diaporos worth it for a day trip? Myrsini Beach, on the east side of Diaporos island opposite Vourvourou in Sithonia, is one of those places that looks unreal in photos – chalk-white sand, clear turquoise shallows and pines almost touching the sea. As local tourism professionals with over…
Exploring Olympiada, Stavros and Asprovalta for long sandy bays, shallow seas and archaeology The stretch of coastline from Olympiada in eastern Halkidiki to Stavros and Asprovalta in eastern Thessaloniki is where long, shallow bays meet some of northern Greece’s most important archaeological sites. Over more than 20 years of guiding guests here, we’ve come back…
Planning your journey from Austria and Czechia to sunny Halkidiki in If you are looking at the map in Vienna, Salzburg, Prague or Brno and wondering how easy it really is to reach Halkidiki, you are not alone. As local travel planners at with more than 20 years on the roads and beaches of Kassandra,…
Scandinavia to Halkidiki in : Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo & Helsinki Every summer we see the same pattern: Scandinavians land in Thessaloniki, pick up a car, and within an hour or two they are swimming in water that looks unreal on camera. The trick is getting the flight plan right, especially if you are travelling with…
Baltic to beach: why your hub choice matters Coming from Riga, Vilnius or Tallinn, the big decision is not “can I get to Halkidiki?” It is “which hub makes the last leg easy, with the least faff and the most sleep”. After 20+ years helping visitors land smoothly in Thessaloniki and reach the peninsulas, we’ve…
Quick context before you book If you are flying from the Gulf or Saudi Arabia to Halkidiki, the real destination airport is Thessaloniki “Makedonia” (SKG). From there, you are roughly an hour to Kassandra and a bit longer to Sithonia, depending on traffic and where you are staying. We are with a perspective. After 20+…
How to spend 2–3 days in Sithonia with flexible plans for couples and groups of friends If you only have a couple of days in Sithonia, you need to be smart with driving, beach choices and where you stay. After more than 20 years exploring every corner of the peninsula, we’ve put together flexible 2–3…
