Olympic Beach

Olympiaki Akti (Greek: Ολυμπιακή Ακτή, Olympiakí Aktí, canonical name) has translation into English as Olympic Beach, Olympic Coast, also still domestically known with its initial name Katerinoskala (Greek: Κατερινόσκαλα) which can be literally expressed as "Katerini's Staircase" gets its name from the Greek tradition that it refers to a seaside village closer to a city has a compound name (portmanteau) featuring the city name and the word skala or scala (staircase) which together form one name.
Olympiaki Akti is a tourist destination coastal resort (Greek: θέρετρο) settlement of the Katerini municipality (Katerini municipality division of Olympiaki Akti) in the east coast of Pieria Province, Greece, where lies Thermaic Gulf. It is part of the Olympian Riviera and its namesake beach awarded E.U. Blue Flag with entire sand coastline. The Olympiaki Akti is located 7.5 km from Katerini city, 3 km south of Paralia, 70 km from the city of Thessaloniki, 107 km (66.4 miles) from Thessaloniki International Airport "Makedonia" (IATA: SKG, ICAO: LGTS), 434 km (269.6 miles) from Athens, northeast of Pierian Mountains and Mount Olympus. The Olympiaki Akti belongs to Olympus Riviera which is both the Mount Olympus and Pieria region coastal area located about 70 klm (43.5 miles) stretching from the southern region of Pieria, Neoi Poroi to Makrygialos settlement on the north. Olympiaki Akti had a population in 2011 of 320 inhabitants according to the 2011 census.