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Organized beaches in Kefalonia
32 organized beaches in Kefalonia: with sunbeds, umbrellas and facilities. Check live wind & waves for each beach on CalmBeach before you go.
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Prefer sunbeds, umbrellas and a beach bar in Kefalonia? These 32 organized beaches usually have facilities and easier access. Check wind and waves in CalmBeach before you go.
The beaches
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AntisamosThe "Captain Corelli" beach — A white-pebble beach in a bay framed by vividly green, forested hills, just east of Sami.
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XiThe red sand of Paliki — A ~3 km strip of distinctive red-orange sand below clay cliffs, on the Paliki peninsula near Lixouri. The colour comes from iron released as the…
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MyrtosThe white pebbles below the cliffs — An arc of ~1.5 km of small, smooth white pebbles (marble from eroded limestone), below towering white cliffs reaching ~200 m. The bay was formed by…
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Makrys GialosThe long sandy shore of Lassi — Makris Gialos stretches along the Lassi area, a few kilometres south of Argostoli, on the western coast of Kefalonia. Its name, which literally means…
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Paralia SkalasThe long shore beside the Roman villa — Skala beach extends beside the resort village of the same name, at the southeastern tip of Kefalonia. It is one of the island's longest organized…
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PetaniThe bay of abundant waters on Paliki — Petani (Petanoi) opens onto the northwest coast of the Paliki peninsula in western Kefalonia, a curving bay of pebble and coarse sand at the foot of…
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Lourdata
The great bay below Mount Ainos — Lourdata (or Lourdas) lies on the southern coast of Kefalonia, about 17 kilometres southeast of Argostoli, in one of the island's largest bays, which…
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Platys GialosIt is fully organised — sunbeds, bars, taverna, showers — with shallow water and good snorkelling, family-friendly (Blue Flag). Close to Argostoli…
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Agia KyriakiThe pebbly cove below Zola — Agia Kyriaki lies on the western side of Kefalonia, below the fishing village of Zola, at the narrow neck of the Paliki peninsula. It is a beach of…
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Paralia AvythosThe long sandy sweep of Livathos — Avithos beach stretches along the south coast of Kefalonia, in the fertile Livathos district, near the village of Svoronata. It is a long ribbon of…
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Paralia AlatiesThe bright-white salt cove — Alaties is a small, brilliant-white cove on the north coast of Kefalonia, in the Erisos region, a few kilometres west of Fiskardo. Its name comes…
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Ammes
The sands beneath the flight path — Ammes is a sandy beach on the south coast of Kefalonia, beside Svoronata and close to the island's airport, about ten kilometres south of Argostoli…
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Agios Thomas
The two coves beneath the little chapel — Agios Thomas lies on the southern coast of Kefalonia, near the village of Karavados and about 13 kilometres from Argostoli. It is in fact two small…
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GradakiaThe little sandy strip at Lassi — Gradakia sits in cosmopolitan Lassi, just outside Argostoli, next to Makrys Gialos and near Platys Gialos. It is a small, narrow strip of fine…
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Trapezaki
The sandy shore below Mousata — Trapezaki lies on the southern coast of Kefalonia, near the settlement of Mousata and about 13 kilometres from Argostoli. It is a sandy beach of fine…
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PaliostafidaThe sandy shore named for the old currant trade — Paliostafida lies at Lassi, just outside Argostoli, on the western coast of Kefalonia. It is a fine-sand beach, also known as Bouka-Paliostafida, in…
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Koroni
The blond-sand shore between Lourdata and Skala — Koroni lies on the southern coast of Kefalonia, between Lourdata and Skala, about 22 kilometres from Argostoli. It is a sandy beach of fine blond and…
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RagiaColourful pebbles at the gateway of Poros — Ragia, also known as Aragia, stretches along the seafront of Poros in southeastern Kefalonia, a long shore where small, colourful pebbles alternate…
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Photo credits
- Antisamos: Piet Horden, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Xi: Splendid entry, CC BY 3.0
- Myrtos: Matt Sims, CC BY 2.0
- Makrys Gialos: Sztudva Gyöngyi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paralia Skalas: Michael Xanthakis, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Petani: Matt Sims, CC BY 2.0
- Platys Gialos: ChristinaKlg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Agia Kyriaki: Berit from Redhill/Surrey, UK, CC BY 2.0
- Paralia Avythos: Sztudva Gyöngyi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paralia Alaties: Fæ, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Gradakia: Sztudva Gyöngyi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paliostafida: Helena Teresa, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ragia: Евгений Лыков, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Megali Ammos: Berit from Redhill/Surrey, UK, CC BY 2.0
- Kaminia: Nektarios Tsikis, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mounta: Paul Lakin, CC BY 3.0
- Vatsa: Splendid entry, CC BY 3.0
- Agia Paraskevi: Berit from Redhill/Surrey, UK, CC BY 2.0
- Karavomylos: Fæ, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kounopetra: No machine-readable author provided. Christos Vitt, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Paralia Agia Varvara: Paul Lakin, CC BY 3.0
Good to know
Which beaches in Kefalonia are organized?
The beaches listed here are marked as organized, usually with sunbeds, umbrellas and food or a beach bar nearby. Facilities can change by season, so confirm locally.
Are organized beaches less windy?
Not necessarily. Facilities do not change the wind or waves — check live conditions in the app and compare less exposed beaches on windy days.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 32 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.56 m in June, 0.57 m in July and 0.54 m in August when the maistros is at its strongest, and 0.63 m in September. August 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 32 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.0 °C in May, 22.6 °C in June, 24.7 °C in July, 26.2 °C in August and 25.2 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 23.0 °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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