Nikiti beach is in the village of Nikiti. Recent years has seen it undergo massive development as a boardwalk was built and the restaurants and bars nicely arranged along the beach. Stretching several kilometers this narrow strip of sand fills up with tourists, who are flocking to Nikiti as one of Sithonia’s most popular higher end destinations.

The beach is well organized with sun beds and umbrellas. The marina on the north part of the beach harbors sailboats and yachts and is classified as a ‘Blue Flag’ marina. Nikiti conveniently has just about everything it can offer right by the beach so there is no need to go far for anything.


Nikiti is a village located 100 kilometers south-east of Thessaloniki on the Chalkidiki peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. It is the seat of both the municipal unit and municipality of Sithonia. The town has a preserved old part of town. The newer part of town is located on the seashore, where the beach and newly built marina are located.

The old part of Nikiti village dates to the beginning of the 14th century when inhabitants moved inland to avoid pirate raids.The old village is located on a hilly area a few hundred meters from the sea, with the church of Saint Nikitas at the highest point of the village.
Nikiti was under Ottoman Turkish rule from the 15th century until liberation in the Balkan Wars of 1912. The town suffered further in the 1940s during World War Two and fighting in the Greek Civil War.

The most important economic sector in Nikiti is tourism.
Chalkidiki is a popular summer tourist destination since the late 1950s when people from Thessaloniki started spending their summer holidays at coastal villages like Nikiti. In the beginning tourists rented rooms in the houses of the villagers. By the 1970s tourists from Austria and Germany started to visit Chalkidiki more frequently. In the 1980s the big tourist boom started. After 2010 many tourists from neighbouring countries such as Serbia and Bulgaria predominate. In 2015, a marina was constructed. The closest airport is 90 km away near Thessaloniki.

Sightseeing in Nikiti includes the architecture and old churches of the old town, the cafes and bars on the waterfront which are busy in summer, and the beaches to the south of Nikiti including Kalogria beach, Agios Ioannis beach and Lagomandra beach.

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