Afitos Travel Guide

  Church in Afitos-St. Dimitrios
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  • Church in Afitos-St. Dimitrios
      Church in Afitos-St. Dimitrios
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  • Nice place near the church
      Nice place near the church
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  • A terrace
      A terrace
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  • The church in Afitos
      The church in Afitos
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  • Stones and shadow
      Stones and shadow
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Things to Do  

Afitos-Church of St. Dimitrios

Afitos-Church of St. Dimitrios, Afitos

 adema29 Says:  We haven't found it opened, but the architecture is something new for us...If you'll look with attention, on the "campanille" you will find the stone dove... is nothing to tell you that the dove is there (excepting this tip of course) so... it will be a nice surprise to find... 

Afitos-Take a walk (!)...

Afitos-Take a walk (!)..., Afitos

 adema29 Says:  ...on the southern part of the wild beach.There are not so many people and sometime you need intimity... isn't it? The beach is wild and quiet. If you love Greek's sun, this is the place to burn your skin badly :) 

Touring

Touring, Afitos

 nickandchris Says:  We had car hire and did a lot of travelling. We preferred the Sithonia Peninsula and circumnavigated both Kassandra and Sithonia.Lovely inland villages and coastal splendour.See my Chalkidiki page 

Lazing About

Lazing About, Afitos

 nickandchris Says:  Once you have trekked down to the beach at Afitos it is nice to not do a lot. We enjoyed the smaller beach, very quiet and no development.Of course we did have to get involved with Michael's constructing!! 

View.....

View....., Afitos

 prleprle Says:  This unspoilt, traditional Greek village enjoys a clifftop location with spectacular views. The sandy beach, reached by a steep track, is perfect for wathersports. You could spend few relaxing hours on the beach or enjoy in wild blackberries you could find in bushes around... 

Church of St. Dimitrios

Church of St. Dimitrios, Afitos

 prleprle Says:  In 1858 the church of Agios (Saint) Dimitrios was built, a three-aisle "basilica" with dome, with local porous stone. It is the only "basilica with a dome" in Chalkidiki and has a unique rustic stone reliefs over the windows and the belfry. That is considered as the... 

Hotels  

Achtis Hotel

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Nostos Hotel

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Hotels  

Kivizinis: Room Views

Kivizinis: Room Views, Afitos

 nickandchris Says:  The owners were very friendly. One night the lady of the house brought us a great slab of fancy ice-cream, her husband had something to do with the Ice Cream Parlour.Also the garden was being developed and a lawn had been sown. Every day the sprinklers were on and we had to... 

Kivizinis: Excellent Rooms

Kivizinis: Excellent Rooms, Afitos

 nickandchris Says:  Good quality package holiday accommodation with Thomson Holidays. In two blocks on two floors. Good sized balconies, kitchen with grill/oven and spacious studios.The view at the front was of the village and garden and back and side views of open land. Plenty of visiting... 

Restaurants  

Klymataria: Look For the Locals

Klymataria: Look For the Locals, Afitos

 nickandchris Says:  A high quality restaurant which catered mainly for the locals.Excellent food, not really any dearer than anywhere else.A nice atmosphere and friendly service from Georgos who always came to have a chat. He remembered us from the previous year.Absolutely immaculate... 

Bloody Marvellous!!!!!: Panyiotis

Bloody Marvellous!!!!!: Panyiotis, Afitos

 nickandchris Says:  A fantastic place offering cooked dishes as well as grilled stuff.Panyioti was a real character and his pet saying was "Bloody Marvellous!!" which he named the restaurant.A real family business with mum and dad in the kitchen and the two sons, Yiannis and Lakkis waiting... 

Gondola Pizzeria: Just Opened For the Season...

Gondola Pizzeria: Just Opened For the Season..., Afitos

 nickandchris Says:  This place only opened for the season on our next to last day. Extremely friendly son, Michael, who had learnt his excellent English at school. We had a very good, large pizza one evening and toasted sandwiches for lunch as they only did pizzas in the evening.Michael was... 

Warnings and Dangers  

Roads
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nickandchris 2000 reviews
The unexpected.....

The main highway across the peninsulas is a good road, motorway standard in places but it is also very dangerous. The Greeks travel either very fast or suddenly make a manouvre without signalling. At the weekends it was horrendously busy and most nerve racking, trying to anticipate drivers' moves.
We encountered a few accidents.
Other roads you would encounter the unexpected like fords. I would then have to get out and gauge how deep the water was; in early season it could be quite deep.

Written Aug 3, 2005

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Afitos-Good place to take photos...

Afitos-Good place to take photos..., Afitos

 adema29 Says:  When we have chosen Greece for the summer holiday, we were already dreaming about taking photos with the unspoiled Greece... It was not easy to find such places but we can share with you some nice photos... we hope that you will appreciate them. Stones, blue sea, quiet... 

Cats

Cats, Afitos

 nickandchris Says:   Staying at Kivizinis we had a fair few visiting cats. Most were very friendly and came into our room. One very bold ginger and white even slept with us on our beds!! (We would leave the shutters open and he would come in during the night!!)He also liked sleeping in the... 

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