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| Residents | 95 (2011) | |
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Kokkino Nero (Κόκκινο Νερό) is a small seaside resort on the Thermaic Gulf in Thessaly. As a district, this settlement at the foot of the Ossa massif is similar to the neighboring one Stomio to the southwestern municipality Agia.
background
The little place Kokkino Nero is located on the Thermaic Gulf, on the east coast of Thessaly. If the place is described in an older travel guide as being accessible only on a gravel road and with the exception of a tavern practically lacking infrastructure, the renewal of the access road, which from Stomio above Kokkino Nero and further after Velika - Kato Sotiritsa - Agiokampos the accessibility and also the popularity with (bathing) tourists greatly improved.
There are some newly built holiday flats and apartment houses in the village, and it is particularly noticeable how often Polish is spoken here - apparently there is also Polish-speaking Greeks a particularly intensive exchange.
getting there
By plane
The nearest international airport is the one in Thessaloniki (approx. 1½ hours by car), but many are also about Athens travel to Greece.
By train
The nearest train station is the 1 Rapsani stop at the railroad - Route Thessaloniki - Athens, which is served about every two hours (1h 20min. from Thessaloniki), from here onward travel is probably only possible by taxi. At most, an arrival is about Larisa and then more realistic with the bus.
By bus
In the summer months, according to the notice, between Larisa - Paliouria - Kokkino and Nero Karitsa A bus service runs four times a day in both directions, the coastal towns are popular excursion destinations for bathers from the provincial capital Larisa.
In the street
From the toll motorway Thessaloniki - Athens, which in the area of the passage through the Tempi valley (along the Pineios) and around the castle of Platamonas is still led as a two-lane main road (motorway under construction) branches off the 2 Branch road - StomioMain road in the direction Stomio - Kokkino Nero - Agiokampo from, coming from the north immediately behind the bridge over the Pineios.
Coming from the south, it is recommended to come from Larisa from over Agia and Agiokampos; the also signposted approach from Larisa above Sykurio - Spilia leads over a pass over the Ossa massif towards Karitsa, shortly after the top of the pass, the expansion is finished and a forest road with few crossroads leads to the coast after a winding drive (not necessarily suitable for mobile homes and travelers in a hurry ...).
The modern coastal road bypasses the place on the slope side, the former main road runs past the mineral spring to the place, a cul-de-sac from there to the beach.
By boat
Only small pleasure boats with outboard motors can land on the shallow pebble / sand beach.
mobility
Locally one moves on foot. Parking facilities exist in the shady stream bed of the torrent, which dries out in the summer, and which swells when it rains in the winter.
Tourist Attractions
- the Beach, the partly stony - coarse gravel and partly sandy beach is divided by a breakwater, in the northwest somewhat exposed bathing areas below the driveway and the taverns, in the southeast more sandy, quieter sections after the mouth of a stream.
Platia Ammos
- a spur road leads from the coastal road Stomio - Kokkino Nero down to the 1 Platia Ammos. The gravel / sand beach slopes gently into the water, fresh water showers; At the end of the asphalt, somewhat steep access road, there are two privately operated parking spaces (3.- € / day).
- above the beach two Taverns resp. Beach bars with a wide range.
- , various dishes from the grill and fish
activities
- most travelers visit Kokkino Nero because of the bathing pleasure at 2 BeachPebble / sand beach, in the south-eastern parts there are enough shady spots.
- a attraction is the reddish colored water of the 3 Mineral spring in the upper part of the village, to which all sorts of healing effects are attributed and in which the locals also like to bathe.
shop
- in the Kokkino Nero there are some tourist-oriented areas (with souvenirs) along the road to the port, one Supermarket, a modern one Bakery pastry shop also one Butcher's shop (in Greece usually recognizable by the chopping stick and not by the refrigerated display case, the meat is stored in the cold room).
kitchen
- There are several on the road to the beach Taverns with the typical offer from the grill & fish
nightlife
- in summer the beach bars are open well into the night.
accommodation
- earlier became apparent Overnight stays in the area of the former campsite (overgrown area under trees with a number of picturesque street lamps and only ruins of former sanitary facilities and electricity columns), we did not try in 2015 whether that is still the case.
- Recently, in addition to holiday apartments (in Greek hands), a number of offers of rooms (B&B) and apartments.
health
Practical advice
- problem-free cellphone coverage
trips
- to Stomio and the seaside resorts further south
- to Litochoro and Olympus massif
- the capital of the prefecture Larisa can be reached in just over an hour, but it probably doesn't give that much for travelers looking for the beauties of the country.
