Olympiaki Akti

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Olympiaki Akti (also known as Olympic Beach and Olympic Coast) is a village in the Katerini municipality, Greece. It is also still domestically known by its initial name Katerinoskala which can be literally expressed as "Katerini's staircase". Olympiaki Akti is a tourist destination and seaside resort suburb (settlement) in the Gulf of Thermaic of the Katerini municipality in the east Pieria province, Greece. It is part of the Olympian Riviera and its namesake beach awarded E.U. Blue Flag with entire sand coastline. It is located 7.5 km from Katerini city, 3 km south of Paralia, 70 km from the city of Thessaloniki, 107 km from Thessaloniki International Airport "Makedonia" (IATA: SKG, ICAO: LGTS), 434 km from Athens, northeast of Pierian Mountains and Mount Olympus. The Olympiaki Akti belongs to Olympus Riviera which is both the Mount Olympus and Pieria region coastal area located about 70klm stretching from the southern region of Pieria, Neoi Poroi to Makrygialos settlement on the north. Olympiaki Akti had a population of 236 inhabitants according to the 2021 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 fro

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