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Beaches in Lakonia
All 69 beaches in Lakonia, in one list. 33 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
- Agia Varvara Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Agia Kyriaki Pebbles - Easy road access
- Agios Kyprianos Pebbles - Easy road access
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Alypa
Pebbles - Easy road access
The hidden cove that charmed Hollywood — Alypa is a small, hidden cove on the eastern coast of Lakonian Mani, with white pebbles and a narrow shoreline. It historically served as a little…
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Ampelakia
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
Sand lilies beneath the castle — Ambelakia stretches a few kilometres south of Monemvasia, on the Lakonia coast, with the great rock of the castle-town dominating the horizon. It is…
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Ampelo
Pebbles - Difficult dirt road
Secluded pebbles with freshwater springs — Ampelo is a secluded pebble beach in Mesa Mani, in Lakonia, below the settlement of Agios Kyprianos. It is washed by the waters of the Lakonian gulf…
- Androgyalos Pebbles - Difficult access (path)
- Anepisimi Gymnistiki Paralia Pebbles - Difficult dirt road
- Artani Pebbles - Moderate access
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Vathy
Sandy - Easy road access
Vathy: the long sands near Gythio — Vathy is a large sandy beach near Gythio in Lakonia. It spreads across the bay of the same name on the Mani coast, with fine and coarse sand along…
- Viandini (Vourkos) Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Vlychada
Pebbles - Moderate access
Vlychada: hidden below Parnonas — Vlychada is a secluded white-pebble beach on the eastern coast of Lakonia, below the village of Reichea in the municipality of Monemvasia. It…
- Vordonas Sandy - Moderate access
- Gialos Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Drimiskos Pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Thyni Sand & pebbles - Moderate access
- Kalamakia Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Kamares Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Karavostasi Itylou Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Kastella Pebbles - Moderate access
- Kontogoni Sandy - Easy road access
- Kochylas Pebbles - Moderate access
- Kyani Akti Sandy - Easy road access
- Limani Sandy - Easy road access
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Marmari
Sandy - Easy road access
Two sandy coves at the edge of Tainaron — Marmari lies at the southern tip of Mani, near Cape Tainaron, in Lakonia. It is in fact two neighbouring coves of fine golden sand, tucked between…
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Megali Ammos
Pebbles - Easy road access
The beach of remote Kyparissi — The main beach of Kyparissi, with white pebbles and crystal-clear turquoise water, between the hamlets of Paralia and Mitropoli; organized, with…
- Balogkeri (Damos) Pebbles - Moderate access
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Bozas
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
Bozas: the sands of Asopos — Bozas is a sandy beach on the Laconian Gulf, about 4.5 km from Asopos in Lakonia. It spreads along an open, low-lying shore away from the region's…
- Molos Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Xifias Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Itylo
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
Oitylo: the bay with a history — Oitylo beach lies in the bay of the same name in East Mani, Lakonia, near Neo Oitylo and Karavostasi. It is a shore of pebbles and coarse sand, below…
- Paralia 100 Rizes Sandy - Easy road access
- Paralia Aglyftis Sand & pebbles - Difficult access (path)
- Paralia Valtaki Sandy - Easy road access
- Paralia Elias Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Kalevolou Pebbles - Moderate access
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Paralia Kato Nisi
Sandy - Easy road access
Golden sand and cedars facing Mani — Kato Nisi beach, also known as Panagia, lies on the western side of Elafonisos, in Lakonia, facing the coasts of Mani. It is a long strip of fine…
- Paralia Kokkinia Sandy - Easy road access
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Paralia Kotrona
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The heart of eastern Mani — Kotronas beach lies in the largest seaside village of eastern Mani, built at the head of a bay, in Lakonia. Pebbles and coarse sand make up the…
- Paralia Levkis Sandy - Easy road access
- Paralia Mavrovouniou Sandy - Easy road access
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Paralia Neratziona
Sandy - Easy road access
Neratziona: golden sand in Vatika — Neratziona beach lies in the Vatika area, near Neapoli Voion in southern Lakonia. It is a sandy shore of golden sand and shallow water, also known as…
- Paralia Sarakiniko Sandy - Easy road access
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Paralia Selinitsas
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
A Blue-Flag beach with turtles — A long (~1,400 m) beach ~5 km from Gythio, with fine golden sand and small pebbles, organized (umbrellas, sunbeds, a beach bar) and Blue Flag-awarded.
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Paralia Simos
Sandy - Easy road access
The exotic double beach of Elafonisos — Note: it is on the island of Elafonisos, reached only by ferry from Pounta (~10 minutes). A natural, unorganized setting within a protected zone.
- Paralia tis Pikrias Pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Paralia Trinisa Sandy - Easy road access
- Plytra - Pachia Ammos Sandy - Easy road access
- Pori Sandy - Easy road access
- Porto Kagio Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Poulia Pebbles - Passable dirt road
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Pounta
Sandy - Easy road access
The kitesurf spot facing Elafonisos — A mainland sandy beach, ~350 m across the channel from Elafonisos, with golden sand, dunes and cedars and shallow, warm water — family-friendly. It…
- Proto Avlaki Pebbles - Moderate access
- Pyla Sand & pebbles - Moderate access
- Pyliza Pebbles - Moderate access
- Romaiki Paralia Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Skopa Pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Tigania Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Chalikia Pebbles - Easy path
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Chalikia Vata
Pebbles - Easy road access
Chalikia Vata: pebbles of inner Mani — Chalikia Vata is a secluded pebble beach in East Mani, on the western shore of the Laconian Gulf, just west of Kotronas. It sits in the bay of…
- Charakia Sandy - Moderate access
- Paralia Almyrou Moderate access
- Paralia Dirou Moderate access
- Paralia Kato Mezapos Moderate access
- Kalogeros (Elafonisos) Moderate access
- Karavostasi (Plytra) Moderate access
- Paralia Archangelos Pebbles - Moderate access
- Paralia Lachi Pebbles - Moderate access
- Paralia Neapoli Pebbles - Moderate 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 Lakonia are more sheltered from the wind?
33 of the 69 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 69 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.36 m in June, 0.35 m in July and 0.35 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.41 m in September. July 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 69 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.8 °C in May, 22.5 °C in June, 25.7 °C in July, 26.6 °C in August and 25.7 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. In October it is still 23.4 °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.
Weather and sea conditions change. CalmBeach uses the app view for live beach recommendations.