Useful information
Skouras Sports and Language Camp is located in Nea Fokea, Chalkidiki, one of the most famous summer resorts in Northern Greece. The camp has been operating since 1988 and so far, thousands of children have had a unique lifetime experience visiting us.
Our camp operates from the beginning of June until the beginning of September, offering unforgettable summer holidays to children aged 6-16, from many different countries. Our international campers visit the camp in groups organised by our partners from each country we host and follow a 7-day program which includes numerous daily activities, games and sports that all kids enjoy.
What is more, all these are included in an area full of sunshine and crystal waters (5 min. walk to the beach) in the middle of a pine-tree forest.
Camp’s Operation & Rules
- Our international camp program is operating in 7-day shifts. Parents should notify the camp prior to the kids’ arrival for possible recent illnesses or prescriptions.
- Our camp provides full medical care for all children.
- All campers have to issue their own travel insurance. For more information feel free to contact us via email.
- Parents are obliged to share your campers’ full medical history in due time prior to their arrival. Any medicine prescriptions, allergies, chronic diseases, mental related conditions etc. should be brought to the camp’s doctors’ knowledge in advance. Please note that all medicine should be handed in the camp’s medical center on the first day of arrival. No medicine is allowed to be kept in the dorms.
- All sports and entertaining activities organised by the camp and held inside or outside the camp are considered to be approved from the parents unless they have otherwise informed the camp in written.
- The camp reserves the right to expel a camper or a staff member whose bahavior endangers the health and safety of himself/herself or other members of the camp.
- Audiovisual material which portrays campers or staff and is related to the camp’s activities, can be displayed in the camp’s website or promotional material, unless parents have otherwise informed the camp in written.
- Forgotten clothes and personal belongings of the kids are gathered by the camp’s staff at the end of every shift and are stored until the end of the followinf shift. In order to look for them, since parents cannot enter the camp, you should send us an email with a detailed description of the lost items so we can try to find them for you. In order to prevent your child’s personal belongings to get lost, please mark them with the child’s name and prepare his/her suitcase together so that they are fully aware of the things they have with them.
- In our camp, there are 4 payphones and a call center with 6 phone lines.
- If parents need to call their children they can contact us during the following hours: 10:00 – 14:00 and 17:00 – 20:00 (Greek time)
- Visits are not allowed.
- For an adult other than the child’s parent to pick the child up from the camp on the day of departure, a written concent form from the child’s parents should be sent at the camp, including the full name and id/passport of the person who is picking the child up.
Essential equipment
- A pair of bed sheets
- A pillowcase
- Underware
- Beach/Shower towels
- Hats & bathing suits
- Slippers
- Socks & sports shoes
- Pyjamas
- Personal hygiene items (toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, shower gel, sponge, hair comb, etc.)
- Sunscreen
- Mosquito lotion
- Longsleeve shirt/jacket
- Laundry bag
- Small bagpack for excursions
- Sea shoes
- Water bottle (the camp’s tap water is drinkable and kids can fill in their bottles everywhere from the camp’s taps)
Please make sure the children have small sized luggage with them, ideally with wheels, so that they are easier for them to carry and also occupy less space in the kids’ houses. Make sure you write the child’s name on the luggage.
Optional equipment:
Drawing equipment, books, costumes, musical instruments, sports equipment (soccer ball, goalkeeper’s gloves etc.).
Not allowed:
Sharp – dangerous or too expensive items, such as video games, mp3 players, camera etc.
*Our camp is not taking any responsibility on possible loss of items.
The camp’s “Bank”
Upon the campers’ arrival at the camp, their teachers/trainers/team leaders gather their money and safely desposit it on the camp’s bank. Campers then have the chance to visit the bank daily and withdraw the amount of money they need in order to buy snacks or souvenirs from the camp’s canteen.
The bank does not only guarantee the safety of the campers’ money, but also contributes to the training of children to manage their money wisely.