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Halkidiki or Peloponnese?
Good day to all! We are a young couple, in August we are going to go to Greece for the first time .. We deliberately do not consider the islands because we want to see the sights. Help with the choice. I would like to lie in the sun, swim in the clear sea, sandy beach, beautiful landscapes (well, very beautiful), and travel on excursions. I read that it’s very far to travel from the resorts of Halkidik for all excursions, but it’s beautiful there. Is it so? Is the Peloponnese inferior in beauty?
Since we are a young couple, we would like the presence of bars and a couple of discos.
Tell me where exactly in the Peloponnese you can actively and have fun? There is relatively little information on the Internet about the resorts of this peninsula.
For a long time I can not decide where it is better to go.
Since we are a young couple, we would like the presence of bars and a couple of discos.
Tell me where exactly in the Peloponnese you can actively and have fun? There is relatively little information on the Internet about the resorts of this peninsula.
For a long time I can not decide where it is better to go.
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The beauty of Halkidiki is very much inferior to the Peloponnese! There are no sights in Halkidiki, Mystras, Mycenae, Epidaurus, Olympia, Corinth, Namfplin, Athens, Lavrion, Sounion is the Peloponnese. Delphi almost.
Halkidiki is just sandy beaches and hotels promoted by travel agencies "under Turkey".
There is Athos, but women will not get there, and men need to try - they have their own visa, you need to follow a lifestyle, etc.
The Peloponnese is the mountains that start right out of the sea! Extraordinarily beautiful! This is a mass of ancient sights, which, although not very well preserved, are located in very beautiful places. I am almost indifferent to antiquity, but the nature and views there are very beautiful.
And Halkidiki is not very good in terms of nature - after Zhytomyr, nothing, but after the Peloponnese, boring ;-)
Cool sandy beaches are the only thing that cannot be taken away from Halkidiki! Very comfortable, pleasant.
In the Peloponnese, the beaches are mostly rocky or large pebbles, with hedgehogs ;-)
From Halkidiki you can see Thessaloniki, Mount Olympus or Meteora. The distance to Meteora from Athens is almost the same, a little more than from Halkidiki.
Olympus, perhaps at the foot of the mountain, there is like a museum. After Delph-boring. Climbing the mountain will take all day, travel agencies do not practice.
Halkidiki is just sandy beaches and hotels promoted by travel agencies "under Turkey".
There is Athos, but women will not get there, and men need to try - they have their own visa, you need to follow a lifestyle, etc.
The Peloponnese is the mountains that start right out of the sea! Extraordinarily beautiful! This is a mass of ancient sights, which, although not very well preserved, are located in very beautiful places. I am almost indifferent to antiquity, but the nature and views there are very beautiful.
And Halkidiki is not very good in terms of nature - after Zhytomyr, nothing, but after the Peloponnese, boring ;-)
Cool sandy beaches are the only thing that cannot be taken away from Halkidiki! Very comfortable, pleasant.
In the Peloponnese, the beaches are mostly rocky or large pebbles, with hedgehogs ;-)
From Halkidiki you can see Thessaloniki, Mount Olympus or Meteora. The distance to Meteora from Athens is almost the same, a little more than from Halkidiki.
Olympus, perhaps at the foot of the mountain, there is like a museum. After Delph-boring. Climbing the mountain will take all day, travel agencies do not practice.
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answered 12 years ago
hatinka, thank you very much, I, too, to be honest, was more inclined towards the Peloponnese. Could you suggest a resort in the Peloponnese, so that the nature is beautiful, the sights are not far away, and the evenings are not boring?
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answered 12 years ago
Quote - but it's beautiful. Is it so? Is the Peloponnese inferior in beauty?
Big delusion! I have already written several times that this is not so! It is the Peloponnese that is very diverse, beautiful, interesting, just the darkness of various attractions.
Halkidiki is just a beach.
THEN they make tours to the Peloponnese many times less, they almost do not make charters to Athens (only to Thessaloniki). Why do they praise that there will be places that are more expensive than Halkidiki and where they will not send a tourist?
Try not to choose a place on the coast of the Gulf of Corinth. Dirty. We lived in Loutraki for a week and traveled almost the whole Peloponnese, with the exception of its south.
I liked it very much in the Namfplio area. There is a popular place Tolo. I even regretted a little that I chose Loutraki. And although we swam everywhere, since we were by car and the tight program of excursions did not allow us to lie on the beach for hours, we swam on the way there or back to the object of visit.
Living in Loutraki is very convenient (with a car), but the beach is so-so.
We also spent a week in Halkidiki, incredible longing after the Peloponnese. If it were the other way around, maybe the Hulks didn’t seem so unpretentious. Although Crimea is in the Foros region, Balaklava, in my opinion, is much prettier than Khal-ki.
Big delusion! I have already written several times that this is not so! It is the Peloponnese that is very diverse, beautiful, interesting, just the darkness of various attractions.
Halkidiki is just a beach.
THEN they make tours to the Peloponnese many times less, they almost do not make charters to Athens (only to Thessaloniki). Why do they praise that there will be places that are more expensive than Halkidiki and where they will not send a tourist?
Try not to choose a place on the coast of the Gulf of Corinth. Dirty. We lived in Loutraki for a week and traveled almost the whole Peloponnese, with the exception of its south.
I liked it very much in the Namfplio area. There is a popular place Tolo. I even regretted a little that I chose Loutraki. And although we swam everywhere, since we were by car and the tight program of excursions did not allow us to lie on the beach for hours, we swam on the way there or back to the object of visit.
Living in Loutraki is very convenient (with a car), but the beach is so-so.
We also spent a week in Halkidiki, incredible longing after the Peloponnese. If it were the other way around, maybe the Hulks didn’t seem so unpretentious. Although Crimea is in the Foros region, Balaklava, in my opinion, is much prettier than Khal-ki.
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answered 12 years ago
So hedgehogs or "want to see the sights"?
Because hedgehogs in Greece are not the same as in the Philippines))) Smaller and not harsh.
Where there is no sand, only at a depth where there are stones, they are on Khal-kah.
There are many stones and hedgehogs almost everywhere in the Peloponnese.
But in the region of Patras and further along the highway along the coast there are no more mountains and the landscape is the same Chalkidian))) Almost a plain. Already there was sand and there were no hedgehogs. But another garbage (I can only judge by 2-3 beaches that we accidentally found on the way to Olympia) is small, small, small. 100 meters - knee-deep, 200 - waist-deep. But there are no views. Where there are views, there are mountains nearby, and where mountains are nearby, there are rocks and stones with hedgehogs in the water. But a lot of pebble beaches!
So choose, it’s stupid to go to the beach with a trip to Meteora and a fur coat factory, this is Halkidiki!
The richest opportunities for sightseeing tourism and stunning views of nature - Peloponnese.
Because hedgehogs in Greece are not the same as in the Philippines))) Smaller and not harsh.
Where there is no sand, only at a depth where there are stones, they are on Khal-kah.
There are many stones and hedgehogs almost everywhere in the Peloponnese.
But in the region of Patras and further along the highway along the coast there are no more mountains and the landscape is the same Chalkidian))) Almost a plain. Already there was sand and there were no hedgehogs. But another garbage (I can only judge by 2-3 beaches that we accidentally found on the way to Olympia) is small, small, small. 100 meters - knee-deep, 200 - waist-deep. But there are no views. Where there are views, there are mountains nearby, and where mountains are nearby, there are rocks and stones with hedgehogs in the water. But a lot of pebble beaches!
So choose, it’s stupid to go to the beach with a trip to Meteora and a fur coat factory, this is Halkidiki!
The richest opportunities for sightseeing tourism and stunning views of nature - Peloponnese.
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answered 12 years ago
The resort is very dependent on air, on whether a visa is difficult for you, on your "must-sees" on the budget, on the duration of the trip, on the availability of a car or money for many transfers. I can personally give my album to Vkontakte - look at the pictures and decide which is prettier.
I am indifferent to the seas, it is difficult for me to advise beaches. Everyone really appreciated Halkidiki and the sand. But personally, I don't care - stones, hedgehogs, sand, pebbles. The main thing is clean, not crowded, around the mountain)))
I can advise a lot of things (from the sights). How to decide on a mast-si, write;;-)
I am indifferent to the seas, it is difficult for me to advise beaches. Everyone really appreciated Halkidiki and the sand. But personally, I don't care - stones, hedgehogs, sand, pebbles. The main thing is clean, not crowded, around the mountain)))
I can advise a lot of things (from the sights). How to decide on a mast-si, write;;-)
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I am correcting my thought: Everyone really appreciated the sand in Halkidiki
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We count on 60,000 for two without money with us. Of the attractions - Athens, Meteora, Delphi - the most important. Make sure the place is not boring))
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For 14 days, there will be no problems with a visa, we fly from St. Petersburg.
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I'm from Ukraine and I'm also a tourist, I don't understand about rubles)))
I'm not saying that you will write me your wishes and I will point to a specific place, I mean that if you fly with a travel agency and you arrive in Thessaloniki, then perhaps you do not need Peloponnese.
If you will be on a rented car, this is one thing, if you use public transport, it is another.
Or if you need 5 stars and AI...
Are there many of these or
From where I was with developed infrastructure, convenient location, views, etc. were Loutraki and Namfplion.
But Loutraki Bay. If you swim there all the time, so-so. But there are cool bays near Cape Gerion (where the temple of Hera is, the salt lake Vulyagmeni). If you are a car, then Loutraki is a great place.
Namphplio (Tolo) - to the south, this is already the open sea, but also away from Meteora, Delphi.
Perhaps you are better off somewhere in the Pelion area, or the Colchis peninsula. This is not the Peloponnese, this is the mainland of Greece a little north, northwest of Athens
I drive a car, rent an apartment. Therefore, public transport is not very good.
I'm not saying that you will write me your wishes and I will point to a specific place, I mean that if you fly with a travel agency and you arrive in Thessaloniki, then perhaps you do not need Peloponnese.
If you will be on a rented car, this is one thing, if you use public transport, it is another.
Or if you need 5 stars and AI...
Are there many of these or
From where I was with developed infrastructure, convenient location, views, etc. were Loutraki and Namfplion.
But Loutraki Bay. If you swim there all the time, so-so. But there are cool bays near Cape Gerion (where the temple of Hera is, the salt lake Vulyagmeni). If you are a car, then Loutraki is a great place.
Namphplio (Tolo) - to the south, this is already the open sea, but also away from Meteora, Delphi.
Perhaps you are better off somewhere in the Pelion area, or the Colchis peninsula. This is not the Peloponnese, this is the mainland of Greece a little north, northwest of Athens
I drive a car, rent an apartment. Therefore, public transport is not very good.
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answered 12 years ago
For 14 days I advise you to stay in 2-3 places.
If it's by car, it's great! You will do a lot.
If it's by car, it's great! You will do a lot.
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Hatinka, good evening! But it’s true, why, if Halkidiki, compared to the Peloponnese, is a real garbage dump, the whole world is rushing with a shaft not at all to the Peloponnese, but to Halkidiki? I'm not kidding, I really want to understand.
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The island of Euboea, and Chalkis is a city.
I mean, on this island you can choose something, it is very, very close to the mainland.
I also thought of stopping there, but still I was interested in the sights to the south - Olympia, Mycenae and Mistas (which we never reached, we didn’t have time)))
I mean, on this island you can choose something, it is very, very close to the mainland.
I also thought of stopping there, but still I was interested in the sights to the south - Olympia, Mycenae and Mistas (which we never reached, we didn’t have time)))
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Charters fly only to Thessaloniki. In Athens regular season, not cheap.
Perhaps that is convenient.
The very organization of recreation in Halkidiki resembles Turkey, according to the stories of those who have been there and there. Everyone who has been to Turkey likes Halkidiki. Not everyone likes getting into 3 stars for money 5 stars and without food and animation))))
If you evaluate my belfry-without firms and choose between Pel-m and Hal-mi, then there is nothing to do in Halkidiki. Just beach. Excursion so-so.
There are a lot of tourists of all stripes in the Peloponnese, a lot of tourist buses, a lot!
Much more than Edessa or under the caves of Petralona.
But there are no Russian bands, almost. Only in Athens. There are just other tourists, from other countries.
Russian speakers are mainly in Halkidiki. Why it's such a twist, I don't know.
Why are they not pushing the Peloponnese in the CIS, this is to Mouzenidis, there were his representatives. It seems that they have a monopoly on Russo-tourists in Halkidiki.
I was told in the company that the Peloponnese is only a regular season from Kyiv, which is already expensive, two is more expensive accommodation. This is true.
There are few 4-5 star hotels, and there are no 4-5 star hotels at prices not much higher than Turkish ones.
Take...
Perhaps that is convenient.
The very organization of recreation in Halkidiki resembles Turkey, according to the stories of those who have been there and there. Everyone who has been to Turkey likes Halkidiki. Not everyone likes getting into 3 stars for money 5 stars and without food and animation))))
If you evaluate my belfry-without firms and choose between Pel-m and Hal-mi, then there is nothing to do in Halkidiki. Just beach. Excursion so-so.
There are a lot of tourists of all stripes in the Peloponnese, a lot of tourist buses, a lot!
Much more than Edessa or under the caves of Petralona.
But there are no Russian bands, almost. Only in Athens. There are just other tourists, from other countries.
Russian speakers are mainly in Halkidiki. Why it's such a twist, I don't know.
Why are they not pushing the Peloponnese in the CIS, this is to Mouzenidis, there were his representatives. It seems that they have a monopoly on Russo-tourists in Halkidiki.
I was told in the company that the Peloponnese is only a regular season from Kyiv, which is already expensive, two is more expensive accommodation. This is true.
There are few 4-5 star hotels, and there are no 4-5 star hotels at prices not much higher than Turkish ones.
Take...
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answered 12 years ago
As for "the whole world rushing" I do not agree. CIS pret mainly)))
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The best sandy beach in the Peloponnese in the resort town of Tolo, we have spent 3 summers with the kids there. We traveled all over, we can recommend and where it is better to stay. Write in a personal ([email protected]), I will send a lot of information, photos. I will answer all the questions... Natasha
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Yes, Tolo is a good place, but the topicaster has so far designated Meteora, Delphi and Athens as his must-sees. As if while the Peloponnese is not here. Mainland yes, but it's all a little north. Euboea seems to be closer, but I think (not sure) that it is worse with transport than in Loutraki, for example.
Look at Pelion too, it will be closer to your mast si.
But where are Mycenae, Epidaurus, Mystras, Namphplio?
Now, if you go here, then Namfplio / Tolo will be convenient.
Look at Pelion too, it will be closer to your mast si.
But where are Mycenae, Epidaurus, Mystras, Namphplio?
Now, if you go here, then Namfplio / Tolo will be convenient.
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Dap, I read about this Tolo and Namfplio and now I want to go there))) Yes, I just don’t see offers from TO (((((
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from Moscow, but many of my friends from St. Petersburg also came to Tolo last summer ... There are a lot of offers in Tolo !!!! Send me a private message and I'll recommend some good places! ([email protected])
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Why do you need TO? Find an apartment, book a flight, get a visa and go!
TO THE Peloponnese is not held in high esteem, for some reason)))
Have a good rest!
TO THE Peloponnese is not held in high esteem, for some reason)))
Have a good rest!
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Thank you very much. I decided on the direction - the Peloponnese definitely. It remains only to choose the area of u200bu200bresidence))
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We were also in Tolo. There is an amazing sandy beach!
The second week was spent in Loutraki. I liked Tolo more. But Tolo is a village. Probably not very good in terms of entertainment (you will have to go to Nafplio).
We went through TO from St. Petersburg, but we had an individual tour. Got expensive. Now if 100% would go on their own - it would be much cheaper. And in the end, it didn’t help in any way, only organized the transfer. IMHO, you can do it yourself (there are a lot of taxis :))))
In general, my advice. if for 14 days, then go to the Peloponnese and stay for weeks in different places. We have never regretted that we lived in Tolo and Loutraki. It turned out a lot of things to see and managed to lie on the beach! I dream of repeating it, but, apparently, already with a grown-up child.
The second week was spent in Loutraki. I liked Tolo more. But Tolo is a village. Probably not very good in terms of entertainment (you will have to go to Nafplio).
We went through TO from St. Petersburg, but we had an individual tour. Got expensive. Now if 100% would go on their own - it would be much cheaper. And in the end, it didn’t help in any way, only organized the transfer. IMHO, you can do it yourself (there are a lot of taxis :))))
In general, my advice. if for 14 days, then go to the Peloponnese and stay for weeks in different places. We have never regretted that we lived in Tolo and Loutraki. It turned out a lot of things to see and managed to lie on the beach! I dream of repeating it, but, apparently, already with a grown-up child.
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We spend the whole summer in Tolo, write! I will help with accommodation, transfer, etc. Natasha ([email protected])
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