CalmBeach Greece
Beaches in Pieria
All 9 beaches in Pieria, in one list. They vary widely in how sheltered they sit from the summer wind — open any of them and check live wind and waves before you go.
The beaches
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Alykes Kitrous
Sandy - Easy road access
The sandy shore beside the historic salt pans — Alykes Kitrous lies on the coast of northern Pieria, on the western shore of the Thermaikos Gulf, beside the Kitros lagoon and its namesake salt…
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Alyki
Sandy - Easy road access
The salt-village shore near ancient Pydna — Alyki sits on the coast of northern Pieria, in front of the seaside settlement of the same name, at the northern end of the Alykes Kitrous sands. Its…
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Paralia Leptokaryas
Sandy - Easy road access
Pebble and sand at the foot of Olympus — About 5 km in a straight line, mainly fine pebbles mixed with sand, at the foot of Mt Olympus. Organized and family-friendly (umbrellas, sunbeds…
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Olympiaki Akti
Sandy - Easy road access
A long beach backed by Mt Olympus — A long golden beach, sandy along its whole length, backed by Mt Olympus — the "Olympus Riviera". Heavily organized, with many beach bars, courts and…
- Panteleimonas Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Katerinis Sandy - Easy road access
- Pydna Sandy - Easy road access
- Skotina Sandy - Easy road access
- Ammos (Alyki Kitrous, Pieria) Moderate access
Pick by what you are looking for
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Summer wind 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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Organized
Sunbeds, umbrellas and somewhere to eat or drink nearby.
- Sandy
- Beach bars
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Good to know
Which beaches in Pieria are more sheltered from the wind?
It comes down to which way the coast faces. When the summer wind 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 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 9 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.24 m in June, 0.24 m in July and 0.25 m in August when the summer wind is at its strongest, and 0.30 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 9 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.3 °C in May, 23.5 °C in June, 25.9 °C in July, 26.7 °C in August and 24.6 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 21.1 °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.