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Alimos (Greek: Άλιμος) is a town on the Saronic Gulf coast, a suburb of the Athens agglomeration, and a municipality in South Athens regional unit, Greece.It was formed in 1968 [3] comprising two settlements, the suburban seaside town of Kalamaki (Greek: Καλαμάκι), and the inland community of Trachones (Greek: Τράχωνες).
Kalamaki (Greek: Καλαμάκι) is the name of a beach resort town on the Greek island of Zakynthos. It is located approximately 3 km northeast of the busy resort of Laganas, although despite the close proximity it maintains a much more relaxed atmosphere than its neighbour. It has experienced rapid growth in recent years, due to the growing ...
The coastal village of Kalamaki was founded in 1923 as a result of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey by resettled ethnic Greeks from the Anatolian village of Kalamaki, which was renamed to Kalkan. [1] Between 1942 and 1945, Kalamaki joined the neighboring coastal settlement of Phalerum, to form the municipality of Palaio Faliro. [2]
Euonymeia (Greek: Ευωνύμεια, Evonímia), also known by its medieval name Trachones (Greek: Τράχωνες), and by its modern colloquial Ano Kalamaki (Greek: Άνω Καλαμάκι, Upper Kalamaki), is a historic settlement and currently a residential neighborhood within the suburban town of Alimos in the southern part of the Athens urban area, Greece.
Kalamaki is the Greek word for a small reed, and thus for a skewer or drinking straw, and may refer to: an alternative name for souvlaki; places in Greece: Kalamaki, Attica, a neighborhood of Alimos in South Athens; Kalamaki, a village in the community of Limnochori, Achaea; Kalamaki, Zakynthos, a resort town on the island of Zakynthos
The airport opened in 1972. [4] An expansion of the airport's apron area to 35,100 m 2 was completed in 2003, and a new 22,150 m 2 terminal building was completed in 2008.. In December 2015, the privatization of Zakynthos International Airport and 13 other regional airports of Greece was finalized with the signing of the agreement between the Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture and the ...
Kalamaki beach can mean: Kalamaki beach (Crete), a beach on the Greek island of Crete; Kalamaki beach, a beach on the Greek island of Zakythos that is part of the ...
The word souvlaki is a diminutive of the Medieval Greek souvla (σούβλα meaning "skewer") itself borrowed from Latin subula. [2] [3] "Souvlaki" is the common term in Macedonia and other regions of northern Greece, while in southern Greece and around Athens it is commonly known [citation needed] as kalamaki (καλαμάκι meaning "small reed").