Social life in Hostel Katerina is concentrated on the central
terrace. Most of the time you can find Katerina or her parents
here. They live in the ground floor of the building on
this picture; it isn't really the ground floor, a lower
part of the house is accessible via the stairs on the left.
Three guest rooms are situated on
the first floor of that same building. On the right side
of the first and the second picture you can see the
beginning of the path leading to the asphalt road. That
path is fairly steep, partly in the form of stairs,
partly on rocks, and unfortunately not suitable for
handicapped persons.
At the other side of the central terrace you can see a
glimpse of the second building of Hostel Katerina, which
houses most of the
guest rooms. The stairs lead to the two apartments and
one other room. Under the stairs you see the beginning of
a corridor giving access to five other rooms.
If you go up the stairs you reach
the entrance to the apartments. The entrance is at ground
level, however on the other side of the building the
balconies of the apartments are on the second floor.
If you walk through the corridor
you will find an open air shower on your way to the beach
(however most guests use it on their way back from the
sea to their rooms).
The shower has warm and cold water
(although it cannot be guaranteed that the cold water is
really cold when the average afternoon temperature in
July and August is around 30°C).
From the shower a path leads down to the Papa Nero beach. It
took your webmaster and his 4 years old daughter a few
minutes to go down to the beach, and a few minutes more
to climb back to Hostel Katerina.
The path ends at the southern end of the beach; and is clearly
indicated with this blue sign.
Once again
it should be pointed out that unfortunately this kind of
path is not suitable for handicapped persons.
For
pictures and more information about Papa Nero Beach, the
area around it and how you can get there, please click
here: