CalmBeach Greece
Beaches in Ileia
All 16 beaches in Ileia, in one list. They vary widely in how sheltered they sit from the maistros — open any of them and check live wind and waves before you go.
The beaches
- Agios Andreas Sandy - Easy road access
- Arkoudi Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Kounoupelaki Sandy - Moderate access
- Kounoupeli Sand & pebbles - Moderate access
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Matzakoura
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
A quiet, low-key alternative to busy Kourouta; a seasonal café-restaurant runs in July–August, otherwise it stays essentially wild.
- Melissa Sandy - Easy road access
- Brinia Sandy - Passable dirt road
- Paralia Agias Marinas Sandy - Easy road access
- Paralia Agiou Ilia Sandy - Easy road access
- Paralia Kourouta Sandy - Easy road access
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Paralia Kyllinis
Sandy - Easy road access
A long beach with thermal springs — A long golden beach ~10 km toward Glyfa, with a Blue Flag, shallow water and a gentle sandy seabed — very good for kids. Mostly organized…
- Paralia Leventochoriou Sandy - Easy road access
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Paralia Marathias
Sandy - Easy road access
A vast golden beach, low-key — A vast golden beach with shallow turquoise water, near Vartholomio (northwest Ileia). Semi-organized and low-key — café-bars and tavernas in the…
- Skafidia Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Falari Sandy - Moderate access
- Pinios Glyfa Easy road access
Pick by what you are looking for
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Family beaches
Organised, not hard to reach, and recorded as shallow in our data.
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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
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Good to know
Which beaches in Ileia are more sheltered from the wind?
It comes down to which way the coast faces. When the maistros 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 16 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.42 m in June, 0.46 m in July and 0.42 m in August when the maistros is at its strongest, and 0.43 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 16 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.1 °C in May, 22.6 °C in June, 24.9 °C in July, 26.4 °C in August and 25.5 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. In October it is still 23.2 °C — warmer than June. 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 Ileia?
Over the last 20 summers there was no hard stretch in Ileia: even the windiest week had wind of 5 Beaufort or more on only 6 days in 100. On windy days, Kounoupeli, Kounoupelaki and Falari stay the calmest of the beaches on this page. 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 6,764 people staying here. In October it drops to 38% of that peak — about 2,669 people, while in May it sits at 46%. 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.