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Family beaches
Family beaches in Thessaloniki area
8 shallow, organised beaches in Thessaloniki area: all with easy access, picked for young children. Check live wind & waves on CalmBeach.
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Travelling with young children in Thessaloniki area? We picked these 8 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 StavrouThe Strymonic Gulf sands with the plane-tree forest at the water — Paralia Stavrou stretches along the Strymonic Gulf, at the eastern edge of the Thessaloniki regional unit, west of the town of Stavros, about eighty…
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Paralia Neas MichanionasA fishing-port beach with seafood — A large, shallow beach ~30 km south of Thessaloniki on the Thermaic Gulf, mostly sand with darker/pebbly patches; a Blue Flag beach. Partly…
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MiliesFine sand with dunes near the city — Part of the Epanomi coast — a large beach of fine sand with clean, shallow water, family-friendly; a Blue Flag beach. It is the closest…
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Paralia Serraiki AktiAn award-winning shore on the Strymonic Gulf — A sandy beach in the Volvi municipality, on the Strymonic Gulf near Stavros, northeast of Thessaloniki — with a Blue Flag continuously since 2005…
Photo credits
- Paralia Stavrou: Nikolai Karaneschev, CC BY 3.0
- Paralia Stavrou: Nikolai Karaneschev, CC BY 3.0
- Paralia Neas Michanionas: EntaXoyas, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Milies: SkarmoutsosV, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Akti Siamo: Marousaps, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paralia Agias Triadas: Aretisid, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kyani Akti: from a visitor
- Paralia Serraiki Akti: Nikolai Karaneschev, CC BY 3.0
Good to know
Which beaches in Thessaloniki area 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 8 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.21 m in June, 0.21 m in July and 0.23 m in August when the summer wind is at its strongest, and 0.25 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 8 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.5 °C in May, 23.7 °C in June, 26.3 °C in July, 26.8 °C in August and 24.2 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 20.6 °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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