CalmBeach Greece
Beaches in Paros
All 39 beaches in Paros, in one list. 12 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
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Agia Irini
Sandy - Easy road access
The palm grove of south-west Paros — Agia Eirini stands out for the palm grove that reaches almost to the water — a rare sight in the Cyclades, where shade usually means tamarisk.
- Agios Dimitrios Sandy - Easy road access
- Agios Stefanos Sandy - Easy path
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Ampelas
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
A fishing village, not a resort — Ampelas is a small fishing village a few kilometres east of Naoussa, with a little harbour, boats and tavernas that catch their own fish.
- Aspros Gremos Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Voutakos Sandy - Passable dirt road
- Glyfades Sandy - Passable dirt road
- Delfini Sandy - Easy road access
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Dryos
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The winter anchorage — Dryos was once a winter refuge for caiques, thanks to its small enclosed inlet — the village grew up around that little harbour.
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Kalogeros
Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
The clay in the rocks — Kalogeros is known for something no other Paros beach has: the grey clay rocks above the shore, which visitors scrape and smear on themselves before…
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Kolympithres
Sandy - Easy road access
The sculpted granite of Paros — Not a single beach but a string of small sandy coves between huge granite boulders that wind and waves have carved into smooth, rounded shapes…
- Krios Sandy - Easy road access
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Langeri
Sandy - Easy path
Behind the dunes — No car reaches Langeri: you leave the road and cross a footpath through dunes and juniper, north of Naoussa.
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Livadia (Parikia)
Sandy - Easy road access
Parikia’s own beach — Livadia is the sand that starts a few minutes’ walk from Parikia harbour — the choice for anyone with an afternoon ferry and no time to go further.
- Limnes Sandy - Easy road access
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Logaras
Sandy - Easy road access
Across from Piso Livadi — Logaras is the organised sand beside the fishing village of Piso Livadi on eastern Paros: tavernas at the edge of the sand and shallow water in front.
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Lolantonis
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The bay below Aspro Chorio — Lolantonis is an enclosed bay on south-east Paros, below the settlement of Aspro Chorio, mixing sand, pebbles and rock.
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Martselo
Sandy - Easy road access
Ten minutes north of town — Martselo is the next sand along from Parikia, with tamarisks at the back and water that deepens slowly — which is why families fill it.
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Mikri Santa Maria
Sandy - Easy road access
The small cove next to Santa Maria — Mikri Santa Maria is the smaller cove on the same north-east coast as the big Santa Maria, separated from it by a rocky spit.
- Monastiri Sandy - Easy road access
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Molos
Sandy - Easy road access
A long strand with nothing on it — Molos is one of the longest strands on eastern Paros and has stayed undeveloped: no sunbeds, no bar. Its shade is natural, from tamarisk and juniper…
- Navtikos omilos Parou Sandy - Easy road access
- Xyfara Sandy - Easy road access
- Paralia Agkali Chrysis Aktis Sandy - Easy road access
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Paralia Alyki
Sandy - Easy road access
The village next to the airport — Aliki is the second-largest seaside village on Paros and sits next to the island’s airport — one of the few Greek beaches where you watch the small…
- Paralia Glyfa Sandy - Easy road access
- Paralia Parikias (kentro) Sandy - Easy road access
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Parasporos
Sandy - Easy road access
Dunes south of Parikia — Parasporos is the first big sand south of Parikia, with low dunes and juniper behind the shore.
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Piperi
Sandy - Easy road access
The beach inside Naoussa — Piperi is the small shore beside Naoussa’s fishing harbour — you walk there from the square, no car and no bus.
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Pounta
Sandy - Easy road access
The kitesurf spot facing Antiparos — On the southwest coast, facing Antiparos — and the spot where the ferry to that island docks. The narrow channel funnels the Meltemi into a steady…
- Pyrgaki Moderate access
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Santa Maria
Sandy - Easy road access
The lively watersports beach — A large, fully organised beach on the northeast coast, with shallow clear water and beach bars — one of the liveliest on Paros, and considered its…
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Tourkou Ammos
Sandy - Easy path
Inside the Agios Ioannis Detis park — Tourkou Ammos lies on the peninsula north of Naoussa, inside the Agios Ioannis Detis environmental park — you walk in on the park’s paths rather than…
- Tserdakia (Nea Chrysi Akti) Sandy - Easy road access
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Tsoukalia
Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
The pottery gave it its name — Tsoukalia means "cooking pots": a pottery workshop operated in this area from antiquity, and fragments of vessels still turn up in the sand and the…
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Farangas
Sandy - Easy road access
The cove among the rocks — On the south coast, a cluster of beaches: one large sandy beach and two smaller coves, divided by rocky outcrops that reach the sea. The name evokes…
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Chrysi Akti
Sandy - Easy road access
The Golden Beach of windsurfing — A long, unbroken sweep of golden sand on the southeast coast, with clear water. The reliable Meltemi has made it one of Greece’s top windsurf and…
- Makria Myti Passable dirt road
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Piso Livadi
Sandy - Easy road access
The harbour for the Small Cyclades — Piso Livadi is a fishing village with a small harbour on eastern Paros — caiques and small boats leave from here for Naxos and the Small Cyclades.
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 Paros are more sheltered from the wind?
12 of the 39 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 39 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.86 m in June, 1.09 m in July and 1.11 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.97 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 39 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.9 °C in May, 22.0 °C in June, 23.6 °C in July, 24.3 °C in August and 23.8 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 21.7 °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.