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Beaches in Arkadia
All 17 beaches in Arkadia, in one list. They vary widely in how sheltered they sit from the meltemi — open any of them and check live wind and waves before you go.
The beaches
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Agios Christoforos - Zaritisi Tyrou
Pebbles - Easy road access
A wild pebble beach with a campsite — A large pebble beach in a wild, secluded setting, with clear, deep water; beside it runs a well-known organized campsite with plenty of natural shade…
- Ammos tou Moula Sand & pebbles - Moderate access
- Atsinganos Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Viles Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Zaritsi Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Karakatsanis Pebbles - Moderate access
- Kryoneri Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Lygaria Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Nekrotafio Pebbles - Easy road access
- Paliochano Pebbles - Moderate access
- Paralia Vervenon Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Thiopavto Pebbles - Moderate access
- Paralia Xiropigadou Pebbles - Easy road access
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Plaz Paraliou Astrous
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
A sandy beach below a Frankish castle — A sandy town beach; from Paralio Astros toward Agios Andreas the coast runs in an almost unbroken ~4 km strip.
- Poulithra Pebbles - Easy road access
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Tigani (Fournaka)
Pebbles - Easy road access
A cove with a sea cave — It is named "Fournaka" after a large sea cave at its north end, big enough to enter by canoe. Lightly organized, never crowded.
- Paralia Plaka Pebbles - Easy road access
Pick by what you are looking for
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Snorkeling
Rockier seabed and clearer water, where there is something to look at underwater.
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Organized
Sunbeds, umbrellas and somewhere to eat or drink nearby.
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Good to know
Which beaches in Arkadia are more sheltered from the wind?
It comes down to which way the coast faces. When the meltemi blows, coves facing the other way have less open water in front of them for a wave to build across, so they are usually more comfortable. It is not a guarantee — the same beach changes character when the wind turns. Check live wind and waves before you go.
How is this list ordered?
By which beaches have the best conditions at that hour, so the order changes through the day: a beach that leads in the morning can drop down the list in the afternoon, once the wind picks up. When there is no live weather data, they are listed by how well known each one is — not by a score of ours.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 17 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.20 m in June, 0.22 m in July and 0.22 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.21 m in September. June 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 17 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.3 °C in May, 23.3 °C in June, 26.2 °C in July, 26.8 °C in August and 25.5 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 23.3 °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.
When is the weather worst in Arkadia?
Over the last 20 summers there was no hard stretch in Arkadia: even the windiest week had wind of 5 Beaufort or more on only 2 days in 100. The coast here is open, with no clearly sheltered corner to fall back on. These are typical figures from 20 summers of European reanalysis (2006–2025), not a forecast for any single day.
How busy does it get, month by month?
August is the peak: on an average night there are about 3,268 people staying here. When it fills and empties is measured for Argolis and Arcadia as a whole, not for this place on its own: at both ends of the season, May and October, it stays around 37% of that peak. From official overnight-stay figures 2024-2025: it counts whoever sleeps in the area, not day trippers or cruise passengers. It is a historical average, not a forecast for this year.
Weather and sea conditions change. CalmBeach uses the app view for live beach recommendations.