To understand what area for rest on Chalkidiki to choose, it is worth a little to stay on the geographical features of the peninsula. It consists of three peninsulas or they are still called "fingers" of Poseidon's trident. If you look at the card, so he looks like a trident. The first finger is called Cassandra, the second Sithonia, the Third Athos. Immediately it is worth telling about Athos. This is closed for the tourism of the peninsula. Here is a major monastery complex of Greece. It is like a country in the country where there are only men and then by special visas. Athos can be seen from the deck of a tourist ship that runs along the coast. Only so you can see the Antonary Monasteries, among which the Russian monastery of St. Panteleimon looks particularly beautiful and pouplenly.
Two Cassandra and Sithonia Peninson are open for tourists. This is the most popular tourist area of the continental part of Greece. It created all the conditions for an excellent stay on the shores of the Aegean Sea.
What is better - Cassandra or Sithonia? Both "fingers" have their advantages. Each of them has small resort towns or villages in which there is a large number of cozy hotels, with excellent service. Categories of hotels are completely different. There are 2 stars, and there are apartments with spa treatments, a massage room and other "charms". For the service and location we, in fact, pay. Hotels in the greater part are not very big. In Greece, there are certain norms that regulate the presence in the territory of very small pool areas. There are also restrictions on their depth. Therefore, often the pool in the three and five stars are approximately the same. The hotel's territory is small and often there is no own beach. For Greece, this is not an exception, but rather a rule. The beaches are city, while they are very clean and well-groomed and many of them are marked by blue flags, testifying to the purity of the beach and sea water. And the water in the Aegean Sea is really clean. This also applies to Cassandra and Sithonia. I have been resting at both peninsula. This pleasure, as from bathing in this wonderful sea, I have no longer experienced. Being in other no less attractive countries, nevertheless, I remembered the sea here on Chalkidiki.
Each village or town where you will relax in your own way. They are small, but very comfortable. Somehow everything is here at home. Locals are very welcome and friendly. Note the way no services impose their services, do not call in shopping stores. A lot of them are Russian-speaking, because many people from the countries of the former USSR.
What is the difference between Cassandra from Sitonia? Where is better? Cassandra is a more partial place. Here are mainly the time for young and active tourists for the reason that the peninsula has many nightclubs, discos. There are many of them in Neo Califer, Hanioti. By the way, the village of Hanioti is one of the popular holiday destinations in Cassandra. I really liked this village. Was three times and found it almost thoroughly.
Rested in different hotels. For those who want to get a good service, I can recommend the snow-white hotel Elinotel Apolamare.
Good hotel for newlyweds and those who wish to spend a romantic vacation. There is your beach, on the territory of the bar and disco. True often the locals come here. For the sea, the hotel is open. If you are planning to ride around the country, then you should not overpay for the service. You can stay in "Treshka". I liked "Olympic Cosma".
This family-run hotel, the owners themselves work in it and are very strictly followed by the order, cleanliness and quality of service. No complaints. Spent a great time. It came here to spend the night and is, and the rest of the time either at sea or on trips. It is located three minutes from the sea. Municipal Beach, Clean. Nearby was rental of boats, scooters, catamarans. All pleasures for leisure to the sea. From the beach you can see the shores of Sithonia. I think the hotel will be very suitable for young people. More good options for recreation in Hanioti - Hanioti Grand Hotel, Sursuras and Pegasus. "Treshki" and the "four" are very decent and in quality and price. Power type to choose from. Full board or half board choose you. The first time took full board and realized that for me he was superfluous. By the way, the whole of Europe has moved long on HB. No one rides a vacation to reconcile, like most Russian tourists. If you are not at the hotel and often plan to leave, then feel free to take HB. Well, if you hurt, you can dine in a cafe. The cost per person is about 10-15 euros, or you can buy products in the supermarket of your town.
Very good holiday in Cassandra in Neo Callicracy. Unlike Hanioti beaches here are sandy. In addition, the city is famous as "furry paradise". If you want and relax and buy a Greek fur coat - you are here. It will not be necessary to perform long-range trips to the castor or paralysis of Katerini at the fur coat. It can be bought here, while combining a pleasant stay and no less pleasant purchase.
At Sithonia, rest is calmer. Usually this part of Chalkidikov is recommended for those tourists who want silence and privacy. Here you will get it. The most popular town is metamorphosis. There are excellent sandy beaches. At Sithonia and Nature a little bit, than in Cassandra. Here, in fact, the whole difference. I can not say where you liked more. Maybe on Cassandra, because he rested three times, and on the Sithonies only once.
The advantage of Cassandra is also that if you are planned by excursions, for example, in Meteor, Dion, Mount Olympus, Athens, Thessaloniki, then go from the first "finger" closer than from Sithonia. Sitonia is only Athos.
On Chalkidiki, the choice with the venue is huge. In many ways, the quality of rest depends on ourselves and our attitude towards it. It is good to rest well and adults and children. Excellent climate, interesting and rich trips, which will allow you to better know the history of ancient civilization, see the famous architectural monuments that are dated antiquity period. Indeed, there is everything in Greece!
It is impossible to be only on chalkidics. Who visited here, will certainly come back. I'm not coming back not the first year. I decided to change the direction. I left for rest to another country and the whole vacation recalled Greece. This is about many things.