Olympiaki Akti

Olympiaki Akti (Greek: 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) featuring the city name and the word skala or scala (staircase) which together form one name.

Olympiaki Akti Ολυμπιακή Ακτή
Olympiaki Akti
Coordinates: 40°16′N 22°35′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Pieria
Municipality	Katerini
Municipal unit	Katerini
Elevation	4 m (13 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Rural	320
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	601 50
Area code(s)	23510
Vehicle registration	ΚΝ

Olympiaki Akti is a tourist destination coastal resort (Greek: θέρετρο) settlement of the Katerini municipality (Katerini municipality division of Olympiaki Akti) in the east coast of Pieria province, Greece, where lies Thermaic Gulf. It is part of the Olympian Riviera and its namesake beach awarded E.U. Blue Flag with entire sand coastline. The Olympiaki Akti is located 7.5 km from Katerini city, 3 km south of Paralia, 70 km from the city of Thessaloniki, 107 km (66.4 miles) from Thessaloniki International Airport "Makedonia" (IATA: SKG, ICAO: LGTS), 434 km (269.6 miles) 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 70 klm (43.5 miles) stretching from the southern region of Pieria, Neoi Poroi to Makrygialos settlement on the north. Olympiaki Akti had a population in 2011 of 320 inhabitants according to the 2011 census.[1][2]

Olympiaki Akti belonged to the Pieria prefecture, then since 2011 by law 3852/2010, Government Gazette 87 A'/07.06.2010,[3] Government Gazette 1292 B’/11.08.2010[4] it became a region of Katerini municipality as stated in 2010 Kallikratis plan, which took effect on 1 January 2011, abolished the prefectures as separate administrative units, and transformed them into regional units within the country's thirteen administrative regions.

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 and Larissa city.

The Beach of Olympiaki Akti