Olympiaki Akti ( el, Ολυμπιακή Ακτή, ''Olympiakí Aktí'', canonical name) has translation into English as Olympic Beach, Olympic Coast, also still domestically known with its initial name Katerinoskala (Greek: Κατερινόσκαλα) which can be literally expressed as "Katerini's staircase" gets its name from the Greek tradition that it refers to a seaside village closer to a city has a compound name (

portmanteau A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordstourist destination A tourist attraction is a place of interest that tourists visit, typically for its inherent or an exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement. Types Places of natural ...

and

seaside resort A seaside resort is a town, village, or hotel that serves as a vacation resort and is located on a coast. Sometimes the concept includes an aspect of official accreditation based on the satisfaction of certain requirements, such as in the Germ ...

suburb (settlement) in the Gulf of Thermaic of the

Katerini Katerini ( el, Κατερίνη, ''Kateríni'', ) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the capital city of Pieria regional unit in Central Macedonia, Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, ...

municipality in the east Pieria province,

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

. It is part of the Olympian Riviera and its namesake beach awarded

E.U. The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

Blue Flag with entire sand coastline. It is located 7.5 km from

city, 3 km south of Paralia, 70 km from the city of

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

, 107 km from Thessaloniki International Airport "Makedonia" ( IATA: SKG, ICAO: LGTS), 434 km from

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

, northeast of

Pierian Mountains The Pierian Mountains (or commonly referred to as Piéria) are a mountain range between Imathia, Pieria and Kozani Region, south of the plain of Kambania in Central Macedonia, Greece. The village of Vergina, where the archaeological site of ...

and

Mount Olympus Mount Olympus (; el, Όλυμπος, Ólympos, also , ) is the highest mountain in Greece. It is part of the Olympus massif near the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, located in the Olympus Range on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, be ...

. The Olympiaki Akti belongs to Olympus Riviera which is both the

and Pieria region coastal area located about 70klm stretching from the southern region of Pieria,

Neoi Poroi Neoi Poroi ( ) is a coastal village of the Dio-Olympos municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of East Olympos. The settlement of Neoi Poroi had a population of 733 inhabitants as of 2011. Neoi Poroi i ...

to Makrygialos settlement on the north. Olympiaki Akti had a population in 2011 of 320 inhabitants according to the 2011 census. The settlement Olympiaki Akti has been part of the municipality of Katerini since 1981. A local urban settle bus serving Katerini city from/to Olympiaki Akti. National bus service is from the Katerini long-distance coach bus station of KTEL. Olympiaki Akti is accessible from the main national highway Thessaloniki–Athens GR-1/ E75 (with the Katerini's South and North interchanges) and the Egnatia Odos to the north. The Olympiaki Akti is 7.1 km from Katerini Railway Station OSE (ΟΣΕ) which is a stop railway station for routes of local trains, Proastiakos train ( suburban route Thessaloniki to/from Larissa), main railway route Athens to/from Thessaloniki by regular train and InterCity train. Additionally, you can travel with a special service route to Athens from Thessaloniki New Railway Station by express electric train named ''Silver Arrow'' launched on May 20, 2019 (initially conducted by three trains) having daily the Athens to/from Thessaloniki route lasts four hours including two stops railway station at Lianokladi village of

Phthiotis Phthiotis ( el, Φθιώτιδα, ''Fthiótida'', ; ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Φθιῶτις) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. The capital is the city of Lamia. It is borde ...

and Larissa city. OlympicBeach

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Olympiaki Akti Blue Flag Beach Award
* List of settlements in the Pieria region *

List of municipalities of Greece (2011) According to the Kallikratis Programme, since 1 January 2011 Greece, with an amendment in 2019, is divided into 332 municipalities, grouped into the 13 regions of Greece The regions of Greece ( el, περιφέρειες, translit=periféries) ...

Thessaloniki Airport MakedoniaKTEL Bus Station Pierias
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