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Olympic Riviera & Mount Olympus· Παραλία & Κατερίνη
Paralia & Katerini
The resort strip itself: Paralia and Olympiaki Akti, hotel after hotel behind a wide shallow beach, with Katerini's shops and bus station ten minutes inland.
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This is the part of Greece that Romanian and Serbian families drive to, and it is built for exactly that: a long flat beach of fine sand, water that stays shallow a long way out, a pedestrian seafront of souvlaki counters and ice cream, and rooms at prices the islands cannot match. Nobody comes here for the scenery.
Paralia proper is the dense, noisy end; Olympiaki Akti, a little south, is slightly calmer; Korinos further north is quieter again. Katerini, a few kilometres inland, is the real town — supermarkets, a hospital, the KTEL bus station and the railway to Thessaloniki.
Mount Olympus stands directly behind the strip and fills the view from the beach, which is the oddest and best thing about the place. Litochoro and the gorge are about half an hour away by car.
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Where to stay · Paralia & Katerini
Hotels on the map · Paralia & Katerini
Live prices and availability on a map centred on this exact spot — hotels, studios and villas — so you can judge the distance to the beach, the port or the village from here rather than guess from an address.
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Tours and day trips from here
Boat trips, guided tours of the ancient sites and tickets bookable ahead — free cancellation on most.
- Mount Olympus hikeTrails into the gorge and forests from Litochoro with a guide — the summit itself is a serious two-day climb.See guided tours →
- Ancient DionThe sacred city of the Macedonians at the foot of Olympus, with its museum.See guided tours →
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Where to stay
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Before you go
Tours, tickets & day tripsGuided tours of the ancient sites, skip-the-line entries and day trips — Delphi, Meteora, Mycenae, Knossos — booked ahead, free cancellation on most.Browse experiences →Tickets for sites & museumsMobile tickets bought ahead for the Acropolis, the museums and the big archaeological sites — useful where timed entry slots now apply.See tickets →Self-guided audio toursFor the sites you would rather walk alone: the commentary in your headphones, no group to keep up with, and no fixed start time in the middle of the hottest hours.Browse audio tours →
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