A luxury villa with swimming pool

An interior designed villa located in the area of Halkidiki.
It is a two storey villa and has a total area of 130 sq. m. It is build using traditional materials like stone, timber etc.
On the ground floor there is an open plan kitchen with dining area and bar, a living room with fireplace, a bedroom, a bathroom, and a veranda which leads out to the private swimming pool and the patio. The first floor comprises of two bedrooms with one bathroom and a balcony with forest and sea views.
The villa has their own garden plot of up to 400 sq.m with swimming pool and private parking.Moreover, it has access to a private beach.

The villa has very nice panoramic views of the Aegean sea and mount Olympus, and has access to communal gardens and swimming pools, which are maintained daily. There are tennis, football, volleyball and basketball courts, playgrounds scattered in the beautiful gardens. Your safety and well being are ensured by security cameras and guard patrols on a 24 hour basis all year round.

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Halkidiki Maps and Information

Marmara is one of the most cosmopolitan villages in Halkidiki. It is a picturesque village that was built amphitheatrically on a top of a hill.

The village was founded in 1922 by some refugees from Asia Minor.

Today, the village attracts thousands of visitors every summer and every kind of facilities can be found: hotels, restaurants, fish taverns, bars, cafι, water sports…

The area has some of the most beautiful beaches of Halkidiki.

Full of golden beaches, eucalyptus trees and a picturesque harbour lined with excellent fish-taverns, Neos Marmaras is the most cosmopolitan village of Sithonia.

It was built amphitheatrically on a top of a hill, surrounded by a pure blue sea. The village was founded in 1922 by some refugees from Asia Minor, joined by some of the inhabitants of Parthenionas in 1970.

Just outside the village stands the modern and luxurious hotel complex of Porto Carras, offering three hotels, a marina, an open-air theatre, a golf course and a casino.

In its vast lands citrus, almond and pistachio trees are cultivated, while its vineyards produce the well-known Carras wines. Combining sea, mountain and full entertainment, Neos Marmaras is a great place to go for those who want to enjoy dynamic and crazy holidays.

Porto Koufo village Halkidiki: Porto Koufo is the southern most point of the Sithonia peninsula. It is a picturesque place with a golden beach and the largest and safest natural harbour in Greece.

Some caves, which visitors can visit by boat, stand on the rocky and steep coastline of Porto Koufo. The village is surrounded by incredibly dense vegetation.

Again, for those searching for a house in Halkidiki, this page could help you: House for sale in Halkidiki and Properties in Halkidiki

Some maps about Halkidiki are:

Halkidiki Map

Map of Halkidiki

Political Map of Halkidiki

Entertainment in Greece

While you are visiting Greece, you can combine your holidays with attending some interesting art festivals.

You can find an updated list of running Festivals in Greece and to book your tickets here: Greek Festivals. Thanks God, the page is in English :)

The most famous festivals are: Athens Festival, that mostly take place at Lycabettus Theater and Epidaurous Festival, a festival dedicated to the ancient Greek theater. The official websites can be found here: Epidaurous. Fortunately enough, the last page includes many events through out Greece.

If you are visiting Syros or Cyclades, you could attend an event of the Aegean Festival, hosted at the Apollo Theater in Syros. If you have visited Syros, but you missed to visit Apollo, you should do it! An excellent place to be. The official website of the Festival is: Aegean Festival-Syros.

In case that you are visiting any part of North Greece on 15th August (Dekapentaugoustos in Greece), keep in mind that almost all the villages of North Greece celebrate Saint Mary's name day. Indeed, an important day for the Greek tradition and the local life. I am definitely recommending you to look and attend these events.

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Listening to the Radio!

Imagine that you are travelling in the green forests of Halkidiki, or you are resting in a hotel in Halkidiki, with magnificent sea view!
What could be better than being accompanied these moments with music!

An easy solution to this is of course radio! Always and almost everywhere someone has the possibility to listen radio, either in the car or in a hotel or home. This fact provides also the opportunity for someone to become familiar with the local stations and the local music and learn better about the local culture of an area.

To begin with, some familiar radio stations are:

1. Radio Thessaloniki at 95,4 Hz
2. Antenna Radio at 97,5 Hz
3. Kanali 98fm Stereo
4. Top fm 104fm Stereo
5. Radio Delta at 98,6
6. and Radio Energy

An online listing of these radio stations can be found here:

Greek Radio Live and Greek e-radio

Now if you are looking for a house in Greece, do not forget to check this out: Properties in Greece and for properties in Halkidiki (Chalkidiki) here: House for sale in Halkidiki
Stay tuned and enjoy!!

Events and festivals!!!

Halkidiki is a place where many cultural events take place all year round.
The most famous events are during the summer period and especially between July and August.

In the traditional village of Olympiada you have the chance to celebrate together with fishmen the clam festival at the beginning of July. Moreover, in the village of Nea Moudania, at the end of July is the sardine festival, with folklore events and lots of fun.

Some traditional events are the Prophet Helias celebration (20th of July). In many villages, like Ierissos, Vavdos, Polygyros and Petralona, are celebrating “ta kazania tou Ai-Ilia” (the caldrons of Prophet Helias) with free food and wine.
Another traditional event is on 26-27th of July (Agia Paraskevi – Panteleimonas celebration). Religious feast in Arnaia and folklore festival with several events, textile exhibition and other forms of folklore art. Traditional festivals in the church of Agia Paraskevi in Kassandra, in Agios Nikolaos, Galatista, Neos Marmaras (Partheniona), Nikiti, Nea Triglia, Kallithea and Kryopigi.

Also the last Sunday of July is taking place the cross swimming in Toronaios (24km) from Kallithea to Nikiti. Free swimming athletic event with great attention of swimmers. Also, folklore dance in the beach of Nikiti at night.

At last, we should not forget to mention the mushroom festival in September. It is in the mountainous Taxiarchi with the so-called mushroom pies, as well as the olive festival in Olynthos, the festival of Prophet Helias (20 July) and the great festival of Agios (Saint) Mamas every September, not to mention all the cultural events that take place in Afytos throughout summer.

The Train is back!

The train is back! I read with great pleasure that the old train connecting Volos with Milies (a well known village of Pelion Mountain) is ready to start operating again! The train is 106 years old and has been implemented by the engineer Evaristo De Kiriko, father of the famous painter Gorgio De Kiriko. The train was constantly operating till 1971. The train was used for transporting products from Volos to Pelion and vice verca. This year the train strats its trips from 11th of April and from 1991 is used only for touristic purposes. The trip is about 40 minutes and passegengers will view one of the most beautifull parts of Pelion.


The local name of the train is: Μουντζούρης meaning roughly in English "grease monkey".
For those of you loving technicalities, Mountzouris travels over rails of 60cms and is the only train of that sort in Greece. Mountzouris has its brother in Belgium where both trains work over the same sort of rails!

Some links that you could seek more information about Volos and Pelion are:

Contact Municipality: Contact Volos
where the main page is: Volos

Now if you are looking besides a pleasant summer in Pelion, also for a house in Greece note that we could help you to find your house in Greece!

Properties in Pelion
Properties in Volos
Properties in Greece

We will post soon with more travel information about Greece!

Summary

In this post we summarize some information about properties in Halkidiki and Pelion hosted by Properties in Greece. First of all we give an overview of the available houses in North Greece and later we point some information about the prices. Note that soon we will compare these properties with other properties provided by other real estate websites.

By the Properties in Greece there are 28 available houses for sale in North Greece. In more detail:

• 18 houses for sale in Halkidiki (Chalkidiki)
• 1 avalaible house for sale in Thessaloniki.
• 9 houses for sale in Pelion.

Regarding the prices, we have:

• 12 houses in Halkidiki range from € 100.000 up to € 300.000.
• 5 out of 9 houses in Pelion range from € 100.000 up to €300.000.

At this moment we collect information about more properties around the price of € 150.000 and we will update you soon.

I hope that the links above are giving you a better understanding of the avalaible houses and their prices.