There are three peninsulas that stretch, finger-like, from Thessaloniki, Greece’s second city, into the Aegean Sea. Together they make up the region of Halkidiki, and each has its own flavour. Athos is known for its monasteries and subsequently its pilgrimage routes (though only men can enter the monasteries here), Sithonia is wild and family-friendly, with campsites fronting sheltered beaches and backed by pine forests, and Kassandra, which historically has had a reputation as a party peninsula, home to a clutch of super clubs and upmarket hotels set along a sparkling, calm coastline.
One such hotel, Domes Noruz Kassandra, has recently undergone a renovation, adding fresh allure to a region well known among weekending Thessalonikians, but relatively unknown to British and other European travellers. Domes Doruz Kassandra’s position, overlooking the calm, crystal clear waters and soft sand of Pallini Beach, is perhaps its trump card. Two hours by car from the airport and a good 45 minutes from the thumping dance music of most of the larger clubs and resorts, you can totally avoid the party people should you choose to.
At the heart of this adult’s only hotel is its infinity-edge pool, with its white fabric beds and loungers facing the sea it’s a serene spot to spend the day sunbathing between spa treatments in the award-winning SOMA spa and Greek-Italian dishes at Antonino’s (think wood-fired pizzas, dakos salads, cacio e pepe and grilled local fish, all served with local Halkidiki wines.)
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Just half an hour’s drive from the hotel is the popular town of Afytos, with its cobbled streets, souvenir shops and picturesque setting perched high above the sea, it gets a fair amount of…
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