Pefkohori - Halkidiki A hundred or so kilometres south of the port city of Thessaloniki, on the first of the three fingers-shaped peninsulas comprising Halkidiki that juts out into the Aegean Sea, and south of the pretty coastal town of Kassandra is the picturesque Greek village of Pefkohori, literally translated as “village of pine trees”. The drive down from Thessaloniki is spectacular. As you hit the motorway heading south, you start to witness some stunning views of Mt. Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece, far in the background. Once you are at the top of the peninsula, there is one point where the land mass is so narrow that you can actually see the sea from either side of the road. The west is open sea, whereas the east is protected by the second peninsula, which
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