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Family beaches in East Attica
20 shallow, organised beaches in East Attica: all with easy access, picked for young children. Check live wind & waves on CalmBeach.
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Travelling with young children in East Attica? We picked these 20 beaches because they are organised, not hard to reach, and recorded as shallow. How quickly the water deepens varies from beach to beach, so check wind and waves in CalmBeach before you go.
The beaches
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Paralia ArtemidasThe shore of the ancient temple of Artemis — Artemida beach stretches for a great length along the eastern coast of Attica, in front of the town older Athenians still call Loutsa. The settlement…
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Charakas
The long sands facing Patroklos islet — Charakas beach lies on the southern coast of Lavreotiki in East Attica, a few kilometres before Sounio, in front of the seaside settlement of the…
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Paralia SchiniaA pine-backed beach on Marathon Bay — About 5 km of fine golden sand with shallow, warm water, backed by a dense stone-pine forest that shades the edge of the sand. It often gets windy…
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Pounta ZezaThe beach with the sunken ancient settlement — Pounta Zeza lies on the Lavreotiki coast just outside Lavrio, a crescent of sand beneath a low seaside hill. Despite being so close to town, the…
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Paralia SouniouSand beneath the Temple of Poseidon — Sounio beach spreads along the bay below Cape Sounio, at the southernmost tip of Attica, with the Temple of Poseidon crowning the rock above it. Few…
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KalopigadoThe 'good well' of Lavreotiki — Kalopigado, formerly known as Vromopousi, is a seaside settlement and beach of Lavreotiki on the east coast of Attica, between Daskalio and…
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Paralia MarathonaA long, shallow family beach — It is often referred to together with Schinias, which forms the northern edge of the same bay.
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Avlaki
The Blue Flag municipal beach — Avlaki lies about four kilometres south of Porto Rafti, in the municipality of Markopoulo Mesogaias in East Attica. It is the area's municipal beach…
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Mavro Lithari / Eden Beach
The gentle sandy stretch by the black rock — Mavro Lithari, also known as Eden Beach, spreads along the Athens-Sounio coastal route on the edge of Saronida and Anavyssos, in the municipality of…
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Paralia Agiou SpyridonaThe chapel at the edge of the bay — Agios Spyridonas beach sits in Porto Rafti, East Attica, at the northern tip of the bay, where the coastal Leoforos Gregou ends. It takes its name…
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Mikro Sesi
The little cove of Grammatiko — Mikro Sesi lies in northeastern Attica, near Grammatiko in the municipality of Marathon, on the southern shore of the South Euboean Gulf. It is the…
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Lomparda / Mojito BayThe south-facing bay with the Venetian name — Lombarda lies at Agia Marina Koropiou, on the coastal route toward Sounio, about forty minutes from central Athens. The beach faces south onto the…
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Paralia Vravronas
A quiet shore beside the Sanctuary of Artemis — Its distinctive feature: nearby is the Sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron, a major ancient site (temple ~700 BC) with a stone bridge and a sacred spring.
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Photo credits
- Paralia Schinia: Zirintsis, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pounta Zeza: The original uploader was Apanag at Greek Wikipedi, Attribution
- Paralia Souniou: Tilemahos Efthimiadis from Athens, Greece, CC BY 2.0
- Kalopigado: Antonis76, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paralia Marathona: afromusing, CC BY 2.0
- Paralia Agiou Spyridona: nizamis xristos, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lomparda / Mojito Bay: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paralia Zoumperi: Daniel Hüneborg from Bad Tölz, Germany, CC BY 2.0
- Thymari: Kell Kell, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lagonissi Grand Resort: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kakia Thalassa: Gepsimos, CC BY-SA 3.0
Good to know
Which beaches in East Attica are family-friendly?
Every beach on this list meets three criteria: it is organised, it has no difficult access, and our data records its water as shallow. How fast the seabed drops away underfoot is not something any map can guarantee — for small children, pick a calm, sheltered day as well.
How do I compare sea conditions?
CalmBeach checks wind, waves and exposure, so you can compare less exposed beaches and more comfortable visiting times.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 20 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.38 m in June, 0.37 m in July and 0.39 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 20 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.4 °C in May, 22.2 °C in June, 24.9 °C in July, 25.6 °C in August and 24.7 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 22.4 °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.
Wind and waves change every day. See live conditions for any of these beaches before you drive out.
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