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Hostel Katerina is situated above the quiet Papa Nero beach, and down the village of Mouresi, between Agios Ioannis and Damouchari, on the Pilion peninsula, at approximately half way between Athens and Thessaloniki in continental Greece.
For those who only visit Greek islands: the Pilion is the peninsula close to the island of Skiathos the central place.
From the hostel, you have a beautiful view on the Aegean sea and on Papa Nero beach.
Social life in Hostel Katerina is concentrated on the central terrace. Most of the time you can find Katerina or her parents here. They live in the ground floor of the building on this picture; it isn't really the ground floor, a lower part of the house is accessible via the stairs on the left.Three guest rooms are situated on the first floor of that same building.
On the right side of the first and the second picture you can see the beginning of the path leading to the asphalt road. That path is fairly steep, partly in the form of stairs, partly on rocks, and unfortunately not suitable for handicapped persons. At the other side of the central terrace you can see a glimpse of the second building of Hostel Katerina, which houses most of the guest rooms.
The stairs lead to the two apartments and one other room. Under the stairs you see the beginning of a corridor giving access to five other rooms. If you go up the stairs you reach the entrance to the apartments. The entrance is at ground level, however on the other side of the building the balconies of the apartments are on the second floor.
If you walk through the corridor you will find an open air shower on your way to the beach (however most guests use it on their way back from the sea to their rooms). The shower has warm and cold water (although it cannot be guaranteed that the cold water is really cold when the average afternoon temperature in July and August is around 30°C).
From the shower a path leads down to the Papa Nero beach. It took your webmaster and his 4 years old daughter a few minutes to go down to the beach, and a few minutes more to climb back to Hostel Katerina.
The path ends at the southern end of the beach; and is clearly indicated with this blue sign.Once again it should be pointed out that unfortunately this kind of path is not suitable for handicapped persons.
CONTACT
During the summer months: (+30) 2426 031624
During the winter months : (+30) 2421 056806
Mobile Number: (+30) 6972 484809
Papa Nero beach is situated between Agios Ioannis and Damouhari, two villages belonging to the municipality of Mouresi, on the northeastern side of the Pilion peninsula, which is in continental Greece, at approximately half way between the main cities of Athens and Thessaloniki.
The Pilion peninsula is part of the prefecture of Magnisia, which belongs to the Thessaly region. Magnisia is the area all around the Pagasitic Gulf (Pagasitikos Kolpos) with the main city and port of Volos. The Sporades islands just east of the Pilion (Skiathos, Skopelos and Alonnisos just to mention the three most important) also belong to Magnisia.
So the peninsula is situated between the very calm waters of the Pagasitic Gulf in the west, and the sometimes rougher Aegean Sea in the east. The Pilion peninsula is a very mountainous region. The northern part of the peninsula just east of Volos has peaks up to 1600 metres above the sea level (and well-known skiing possibilities during the winter).
As a consequence, the coast is very steep, especially on the eastern side, and has splendid bays and beaches, of which Papa Nero is the longest and probably the best in ABC-terms (combination of Accessibility, Beauty and Calmness).
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