Whenever we vacationed or traveled outside the country, it was in the hottest summer months when the crowds are the biggest. And then, the prize I received in Astra's competition changed our plans and we decided to take advantage of it and travel in May. Our destination, planned for a long time, was Sarti in Sithonia. Wake up with a view of Athos, inhale Mediterranean scents, walk along long sandy beaches, get engaged on the hills, take pictures of everything you see, take a boat cruise around Athos, enjoy the first sweet watermelons and of course - Greek food 🙂
Vacation in May, if we do not count the changeable weather and cold water, has its advantages because there are no crowds that we encounter in the season. The border is crossed quickly, the bus is a pleasant and quiet company, everyone is somehow relaxed and ready to spend their 10 days as well as possible and with as little annoyance as possible.
Even the frequent breaks, because we have to respect the hourly schedule for arriving at the place, were not difficult for us. Just in time to stretch our legs, have a drink or take care of other needs. And when we step into GR, I take out my camera and start taking pictures of everything I see. This time, like never before, I have more photos than from Paris or Rome 🙂
Lots of flowers at every step, fragrant and colorful, decorating yards, terraces and roads you pass by. Giant muscatles, irresistible bougainvillea or luxuriant oleander - all tempt you to immortalize them.
And so I walk around Sarti and the surrounding area, alternately taking out my mobile phone, then my camera and just clicking, and I don't have time to admire that beauty. That's why now I look at the photos in peace and enjoy them 🙂
And the most beautiful yard of Grandma Maria, by which we deliberately, albeit on a longer path, walked towards our accommodation 🙂
And when you breathe in the fragrance and see the colorful flowers, then you go to the sea and it's time for the beach. After 2 days of rain, then wind and cloudy weather, the sun shines and immediately one takes off the warm clothes and starts to put on what befits a vacation at the sea.
Sarti has a wonderful promenade by the sea, arranged and about 2 km long, and while you are walking you can choose a beach or a beach bar where you can have a drink and enjoy the whole day in the shade of an umbrella and on deckchairs.
May is the beginning of the season and, after the rain, it took 1-2 hours to equip the umbrellas with reeds and palm trees, bring out the sunbeds and prepare the beaches. And when the sun sets, it warms up enough to cool off in the sea, then the real vacation begins. We had 7 such days, enough for us, without a lot of running from the beach to the accommodation because we only went to the beach in the morning, we used the afternoon for tours of the surrounding bays, viewpoints and walking. A completely general and relaxing vacation that we are not used to, but we liked it. We returned home very rested 🙂
I've been taking pictures of Athos all along, but he's elusive. It is either in the fog or in the clouds and it is difficult to take a clear picture of it.
Sarti itself is a place worth visiting with its amenities: beaches in the town, clean sea, beautiful surrounding beaches and bays, well-stocked markets, various restaurants, children's playground and clean and tidy streets. Excursions can always be organized if you are motorized, or you can pay for them at an agency, just to break the daily monotony a little, and still get to know and learn something new. This year we decided to cruise around Athos; we saw 8 Svetogorje monasteries from a distance, stayed on the island of Amuljani and spent a day on the waves 🙂
I have to write a separate blog about that cruise, as well as Greek food 🙂
Sarti is a place that brings many of our tourists back there again and again, maybe that's not bad either, but Greece has so many good vacation spots that it's a shame not to visit other parts and swim on other beaches as well 🙂
We like to travel, we like to discover new beauties, and for this visit to Sarti we tried to see and record as much as possible. We have all the recommendations that you should go and see the magical Sithonia full of greenery and olive groves, swim in the clear sea and look at Athos and Mount Athos. The feeling that you are so close to the monasteries of Mount Athos, and even Hilandar, which we have not seen, fills you with a special peace and bliss 🙂
All the restaurants have their parts by the beach and while you eat, you look at Athos, you hear the sound of the sea and the wind cools you down, just like the cold beer I drank and I, who don't try it in our country 🙂
In the old part of Sarti, there is a square that is the intersection of the roads leading up to the church.
Another view of the blue sea and white sand - let's remember and not forget Sarti and Sithonia 🙂
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