Paralia Gianiskari

Beach bars

Beaches with a beach bar in Achaia

6 beaches with a beach bar in Achaia: with a bar on the beach itself. Check live wind & waves for each beach on CalmBeach before you go.

  • 6beaches
  • 6organized
  • 4with photos

Want a drink without leaving the sand in Achaia? These 6 beaches are recorded as having a beach bar. Opening months and hours vary, so confirm locally — and check wind and waves in CalmBeach before you go.

The beaches

  • Paralia Gianiskari
    Paralia Gianiskari
    • Sandy
    • Difficult dirt road
    • More sheltered from northerlies
  • Paralia Pounta
    Paralia Pounta
    • Pebbles
    • Easy road access
    • More sheltered from northerlies
  • PDE Kastelokampos
    • Sand & pebbles
    • Easy road access
  • Paralia Kalogrias
    Paralia Kalogrias
    • Sandy
    • Easy road access
    • More sheltered from northerlies

    One of the longest beaches in Greece — Fine golden sand ~9 km long and ~80 m wide — one of the longest sandy beaches in Greece — with shallow, warm Ionian water, family-friendly. Backed by…

  • PDE Lakkopetra
    PDE Lakkopetra
    • Easy road access
    • More sheltered from northerlies
  • Plaz Patron
    • Sand & pebbles
    • Easy road access
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Good to know

Which beaches in Achaia have a beach bar?

The beaches listed here are recorded as having a bar on the beach itself, not only a taverna in the village. Bars are seasonal and change hands, so confirm before making the trip.

Is a beach bar the same as an organized beach?

No. An organized beach has sunbeds and umbrellas, which a beach bar does not always come with — and some quiet beaches have a bar and nothing else. Open a beach to see exactly what it is recorded as having.

When is the sea calmest here?

Across 5 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.20 m in June, 0.21 m in July and 0.19 m in August when the maistros is at its strongest, and 0.18 m in September. September is the calmest month of the season. We calculate these figures ourselves from European Copernicus wave-model data at 4.2 km resolution. They describe the sea offshore, not the shelter of an individual cove — a bay protected by a headland will usually be calmer than this.

How warm is the water, month by month?

Off 6 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.9 °C in May, 22.5 °C in June, 24.9 °C in July, 25.9 °C in August and 24.8 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 22.4 °C. August is the warmest month. Satellite measurements, 1995–2024, from a sea cell about 5 km offshore; shallow bays usually run warmer than this.

Wind and waves change every day. See live conditions for any of these beaches before you drive out.

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