It marks the waning of summer each year, the first place that will come to mind as soon as the spring equinox arrives and the last in our minds as the autumn equinox passes. It’s the place to go to relax and decompress and the ideal setting for everything implied in Greek summer.

It’s a meeting point, a place of companionship and communication as well as a place of fun – no matter how one defines fun. It’s the place to be whether you want to wash the signs of winter away in the sea or you want to practice the noble activity of sun collecting and recharging in the sun. The absolutely necessary ingredient for the perfect summer recipe is obviously the beach, and so, one must be extremely careful when choosing it. Unless the beach is nonpareil to begin with, in terms of natural beauty, services, aesthetics, comfort and safety. That is, unless the beach has managed to get beyond being a hot spot and has become a landmark, has become ingrained in the collective conscious as a beach “institution”.

Like Astir Beach, the emblematic beach on the Vouliagmeni promontory that was an international summer destination long before the Athenian Riviera became the popular, cosmopolitan destination for travelling, fun and wellness afficionados it is today. It’s very impressive to think that at Astir Beach you’re getting a glimpse of what Christina Onassis, Joan Collins and Brigid Bardot, among other celebrities, experienced in its glorious past, only in an updated, modern version that caters to your needs.

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