Kalamaki Beach Resort

The hotel

Kalamaki Beach is a four-star hotel of the Greek Tourhotel chain, on the Saronic coast at Isthmia, about 4 km and seven minutes by car from the canal. It sits in a large garden of pines and palms that runs down to its organised beach, of grass and white pebbles, with sun loungers, parasols and showers. It has two pools and a children's pool, tennis courts, grass volleyball, a gym, billiards and table tennis.

The rooms

Those with a front sea view are on the first to third floors, with 24 m² and a balcony onto the gulf. The standard rooms, of the same size, have a side sea view. The quadruples, on the ground floor, have 35 m², a terrace onto the garden and a bathroom with a separate toilet: the ones families look for. On the roof there are superior rooms with a large terrace.

Eating

It runs on half board, with a breakfast and dinner buffet of Greek and international cooking. In summer there is a snack bar by the sea and in winter, an indoor bar.

Getting there

From Athens, an hour by motorway: leave at the Isthmus for Isthmia and Kechries. Free private parking. Ancient Corinth is about 20 minutes away and Nemea a good half hour.