Kokkino Nero: Getting There and Practical Basics
Kokkino Nero sits on Greece's Thermaikos coast in Larissa, Thessaly, at the foot of Mount Ossa (Kissavos) — about 70 km from Larissa and 19 km from the coastal town of Agiokampos. The closest airport is Nea Anchialos National Airport (VOL), roughly 68.4 km away in a straight line; no source consulted here gives a confirmed road distance or drive time, so treat that figure as a straight-line measure only, not a driving estimate.
Getting There
No source consulted here documents a ferry service directly to the village. The working anchorages nearby are the ports of Stomio and Agiokampos, used by fishing boats and small sailboats rather than passenger ferries. Before a coastal road was built connecting Larissa to Kokkino Nero, summer visitors reached the village by small boats (kaikia) from Stomio — a detail covered in full, along with the rest of the spring's history, in the history lens linked below.
No source read for this page gives confirmed drive times, bus schedules, or fares for reaching Kokkino Nero specifically; treat any such figures you find elsewhere as unverified until you can confirm them directly.
Weather and Sea
Kokkino Nero's water carries an "excellent" rating under EU bathing-water standards, in the Coastal category. Modeled wave-climate data (Open-Meteo Marine reanalysis, drawn from 2023–2024 ERA5 ocean data) describes generally calm conditions here: an annual mean wave height around 0.5 m, roughest in January at about 0.79 m, and calmest in June at about 0.28 m, with a typical wave period around 4.4 seconds. That is a modeled climate record, not a local measured forecast — check current conditions before swimming.
Weather
Historical climate averages and live forecasts for this beach are coming soon. See the travel section above for seasonal guidance.
In the Water
The beach itself is pebbly, with fairly large stones in places; aquashoes are worth bringing. Near the spring, cold mineral-water pools ("kolympithres") are freely accessible, holding a fairly constant temperature around 17°C. The spring water itself is not something to treat casually: a November 2019 Greek government gazette formally classified it as a therapeutic resource with specific medical contraindications — including heart disease, active tuberculosis, and pregnancy after the sixth month — a designation covered in full on the history lens.
Costs
No source consulted for this page gives confirmed prices for food, lodging, or activities at Kokkino Nero. Treat any specific euro figures you encounter elsewhere with the same caution as the other unconfirmed details on this coastline — verify locally before you plan around them.