Hotels in Kassandra

Not every trip wants a villa. For a couple, a short stay or a first visit, a small hotel with breakfast on the terrace and someone at reception is the better choice. Kassandra is the first leg of Halkidiki and the closest to Thessaloniki airport. It is the resort peninsula: Sani and Afytos on the west coast, Kallithea, Kriopigi, Polychrono, Hanioti and Pefkochori strung along the long east-coast beach, Paliouri and Possidi at the tip. Villages have tavernas, beach bars and nightlife within walking distance, and the beaches are wide, sandy and shallow.

The hotels on this page are ones we work with directly: family-run boutique hotels and suites in Pefkochori, Hanioti, Polychrono, Kriopigi, Kallithea, Afytos, Sani, Possidi and Paliouri, near Sani, Possidi, Paliouri, Glarokavos and the long Pefkochori to Hanioti strip. We book at the hotel’s own rate, add our concierge (transfers, boats, restaurant tables, a car) and stay your contact for the whole trip. No platform fees, and a person to call if the room is not what you expected.

What to check: whether breakfast is included; distance to the beach and whether it is walkable; parking, which in old village centres can be scarce; and the pool, which in small hotels is usually shared with a dozen rooms, not a hundred. For groups we can hold several rooms in one hotel, or combine a hotel for the grandparents with a villa for the rest.

Kassandra is the busiest leg in July and August; May, June and September are calm, warm and much cheaper. Hotels in Kassandra are easier to find at short notice than villas, so this is also the page for a spontaneous week in June or September.