Beachfront villas in Halkidiki

For the sand, no. For everything else it depends on the village. In Pefkochori you can walk to the beach, the shops and the tavernas, and a car only helps for Paliouri, Possidi and the west coast. In Nikiti the beach front has cafes, a supermarket and a pharmacy. Sithonia has one road running all the way round it, and its smaller bays usually need a car.

From a one-bedroom apartment for five to houses for ten, and one that lists fourteen. In Pefkochori, Beachfront Villa Lilia sleeps ten and a one-bedroom apartment 100 metres from the beach sleeps five. The middle is about six guests and three bedrooms. Check the layout on the listing, as several are maisonettes spread over two or three levels.

Pefkochori is a little over an hour from Thessaloniki airport and Nikiti an hour and a quarter. Toroni, at the south-western end of Sithonia, is about an hour and 40 minutes. There is no airport in Halkidiki, so everyone lands in Thessaloniki. A private transfer has fixed prices that include VAT and tolls, and child seats can be added on request.

Mostly yes. Kassandra's east coast is sandy and shallow a long way out, and Glarokavos, just south of Pefkochori beside a small lagoon, has calm, shallow water that families like. On Sithonia, Toroni has two kilometres of shallow, calm sand, and Nikiti's town beach is sandy, shallow and organised. Villages on both coasts have organised stretches with sunbeds, and quieter sand a short walk along.