CalmBeach Greece
Beaches in Attica
All 26 beaches in Attica, in one list. 22 of them are not exposed to the meltemi, which gives them the better odds on a windy day. Open any of them for live wind and waves.
The beaches
- Paralia Flisvou Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Palmyra Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Paralia Bati
Sandy - Easy road access
The breeze that named the shore — Batis lies on the Palaio Faliro waterfront, one of the sandy shores closest to the center of Athens, next to the neighboring Edem beach. It is said…
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Paralia Edem
Sandy - Easy road access
The city beach with a paradise name — Edem beach lies in Palaio Faliro, on the Athens waterfront, and is one of the sandy shores closest to the city centre. Its name is said to come from…
- A' Plaz Alimou «Stolidi» Sandy - Easy road access
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Akti tou Iliou
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The palm-lined city beach — Akti tou Iliou sits in Alimos, on the Athens Riviera, and is cited as the organized beach closest to the Athens city center. Its shore mixes fine…
- Agios Kosmas Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Paralia Agiou Alexandrou
Pebbles - Easy road access
The white chapel among the pines — Paralia Agiou Alexandrou lies at Elliniko, on the seafront of the Athens Riviera between Alimos and Glyfada. It takes its name from the whitewashed…
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Paralia Glyfadas Akti A
Sandy - Easy road access
The free sandy shore of the Riviera — Paralia Glyfadas Akti A stretches along the seafront of Glyfada, in the southern suburbs of Athens, and is one of the best-known free sandy beaches…
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Paralia Glyfadas Akti V
Sandy - Easy road access
Glyfada's free stretch of sand — Glyfada Akti B stretches along the Glyfada waterfront in Athens' southern suburbs, one of the municipal sections of the long sandy shore near the…
- Paralia Glyfadas Akti G Sandy - Easy road access
- Paralia Glyfadas Akti D Pebbles - Easy road access
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Paralia Astera Glyfadas
Sandy - Easy road access
The stars of the Athens Riviera — Paralia Astera Glyfadas stretches along Poseidonos Avenue in the southern part of Glyfada, with fine sand on the shore and into the sea. It is the…
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A' Plaz Voulas
Sandy - Easy road access
The beach that raised generations of Athenians — A' Plaz Voulas sits on the seafront of Voula, in the southern suburbs of Athens, with fine sand both on the shore and into the sea. It is one of the…
- V' plaz Voulas Sandy - Easy road access
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Mikro Kavouri
Sandy - Easy road access
Sand and pines on the peninsula — Mikro Kavouri lies on the wooded Kavouri peninsula at Vouliagmeni, about sixteen kilometres south of central Athens. Together with neighbouring…
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Paralia Varkizas
Sandy - Easy road access
A family beach on the Riviera — About 800 m of coarse sand with scattered pebbles and a shallow, gently sloping seabed — family-friendly — between Glyfada and Vouliagmeni. It has…
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Megalo Kavouri
Sandy - Easy road access
A sandy beach in a pine-fringed bay — A large beach of golden sand (with small pebbles) in a bay where pines reach nearly to the water, giving natural shade and an island feel; shallow…
- Zen Beach / Niriides Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Astir Beach / Asteras Vouliagmenis
Sandy - Easy road access
An upscale organized beach with an ancient temple — About 400 m of fine sand with shallow, clear water — one of the most upscale organized (private, paid-entry) beaches on the Athens Riviera, set among…
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Limni Vouliagmenis
Rocky - Easy road access
The thermal lake with the spa fish — Not the sea but a brackish thermal lake at the foot of Mt Hymettus, fed by underground springs: the water stays ~22-29°C year-round, rich in hydrogen…
- Panagitsa i Dytissa Pebbles - Easy road access
- Limanakia Vouliagmenis Rocky - Difficult access (path)
- Limanakia Vouliagmenis Gymniston Rocky - Difficult access (path)
- Nisida Fleves Sandy - Boat access only
- Alimos Loutra Sandy - Easy road access
Pick by what you are looking for
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Meltemi options
The coves that face away from the prevailing wind — the shortlist for a windy day.
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Family beaches
Organised, not hard to reach, and recorded as shallow in our data.
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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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Sunset
West-facing, so the sun goes down over the water in front of you.
- Sandy
- Beach bars
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Good to know
Which beaches in Attica are more sheltered from the wind?
22 of the 26 face away from the meltemi, meaning less open water in front of them for a wave to build across when it blows. It is not a guarantee — the same beach changes character when the wind turns. Check the live reading before you drive out.
How is this list ordered?
By how well known each beach is, not by a score of ours. Which beach is good on a given day changes hour by hour and cannot be printed on a static page — so this page carries the list and the things that do not change, and the live map carries the conditions.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 26 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.33 m in June, 0.33 m in July and 0.32 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.34 m in September. August 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 26 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.9 °C in May, 22.7 °C in June, 25.5 °C in July, 26.4 °C in August and 25.4 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 23.1 °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.
Weather and sea conditions change. CalmBeach uses the app view for live beach recommendations.