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( 23520 81236;
www.xenonas-papanikolaou.gr
;
Nikolaou Episkopou Kitrous 1; s/d incl breakfast
€45/60; )
This romantic guesthouse in a flowery back-street garden has spacious
self-catering rooms, with nice views of Litohoro's traditional terracotta rooftops. The
downstairs lounge has fireplace and couches. From the square, take 28 Oktovriou uphill
and turn left on Nikolaou Episkopou Kitrous.
Hotel Olympus Mediterranean
HOTEL $$$
( 23520 81831;
www.olympusmed.gr
;
Dionysou 5; d/tr incl breakfast €70/90, luxury ste €100;
)
This four-star hotel occupies a neoclassical building with ornate balconies, and
has 20 luxurious rooms and three suites, plus an indoor pool, a mosaic-tiled jacuzzi pool
and sauna. Some rooms have fireplace and spa.
Olympios Zeus
CAMPGROUND $
( 23520 22115;
www.olympios-zeus.gr
;
Plaka Litohorou; camp sites per adult/tent €7/3.50)
This
Plaka Litohorou beachfront campground is solid, though somewhat ramshackle.
Olympos Beach
CAMPGROUND $
( 23520 22112;
www.olympos-beach.gr
;
Plaka Litohorou; camp sites per adult €7, tent €5-7)
This
leafy, well-run camping option on the Plaka Litohorou strand has a lively nightclub.
Eating & Drinking
Gastrodromio
FINE DINING $$$
( 23520 21300; Plateia Eleftherias; mains €7-13; 10am-11pm)
If Gastrodromio was around
in Olympian times, Zeus and Co would have eaten here. Litohoro's most inventive res-
taurant serves flavourful dishes such as octopus with peppercorn, cumin, garlic, hot pep-
per and wine; or rabbit cooked in wine and glazed with almonds, cinnamon and nutmeg.
The wine list is 21 pages long.
Damaskinia
TAVERNA $
( 23520 81247; Vasileos Konstandinou 4; mains €6-11; 10am-11pm)
A popular upper-town
taverna, Damaskinia does tasty
mousakas
and
kokoretsi
(spit-roasted lamb offal, wrapped
in intestines).
Mylos Beach Bar
BAR
(Plaka Litohorou; 9am-3am)
Plaka Litohorou's most popular beach bar by day and night,
Mylos also serves food.
