Hotels in Kallithea

Kallithea is the centre of Kassandra’s east coast and the peninsula’s night-time capital. By day it is a resort village on a long sandy beach with a view across the gulf to Sithonia; after ten at night its main street is the busiest in Halkidiki, with bars, clubs and restaurants that run until the sun comes up in August. It is the place for groups of friends and for anyone who wants a beach by day and somewhere to go by night.

The beach is the same long strip that runs down to Kriopigi and Hanioti: sandy, shallow, organised in front of the village with beach bars and sunbeds, quieter to the north. Above the village stand the ruins of the sanctuary of Ammon Zeus and the cave of Dionysus, a five-minute walk from the beach and open in the mornings. Afytos, the stone village on the cliff, is ten minutes north; Kriopigi and Polychrono ten minutes south.

Villas in Kallithea are on the slopes above the village and along the coast towards Afytos; the quietest are a kilometre or more from the main street, which in August matters. Thessaloniki airport is an hour. It suits groups and couples who want the nightlife within walking distance, and families who choose a villa on the edge. Ask us for a shortlist with your dates.