Paliouri is a touristic village located in the southeast of the peninsula of Cassandreia

Cassandreia

Cassandrea, Cassandreia, or Cassandria was once one of the most important cities in Ancient Macedonia founded by and named after Cassander in 316 BC located on the site of the earlier Ancient Greek city of Potidaea...

 and Chalkidiki (also a prefecture

Prefectures of Greece

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) in Greece

Greece

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.

Geography

Paliouri are surrounded by mountains inland while farmlands covers the areas as well as the valley areas. The cape named Kanastraio or Kanastreo is located to the east. It is one of the southernmost village on the Chalkidiki peninsula but not Macedonia

Macedonia (Greece)

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, Central Macedonia

Central Macedonia

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 (otherwise the southernmost is in the Grevena prefecture

Grevena Prefecture

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).

Information

The most famous that is not just its natural beauty is that tourism dominates the industry ans has a beach, hotels, spas, restaurants, taverns, etc. The most infamous was that on August 26, 2006, a forest fire ravaged Paliouri and devastated much of the forests and buildings in the outskirts of the area. Several houses and villas were burnt. Hydro was snapped out and roads were closed. All residents were to be evacuated as well as tourists who were to leave the area.

Paliouri was linked with pavement in the mid-20th century and generated a growth on tourism, hydro and phone lines soon followed as well as more paved roads in the 1980s.

Population

Year	Village population	Municipal district population
1981	663	-
1991	657	-
2001	788	826

External links

• http://www.paliouri.com
• http://www.pallini.gr/paliouri.htm
• About Paliouri
• Paliouri on GTP Travel Pages (in English and Greek)