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Sandy beaches in Corfu
35 sandy beaches in Corfu: with sand underfoot rather than pebbles. Check live wind & waves for each beach on CalmBeach before you go.
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Looking for sand rather than pebbles in Corfu? These 35 beaches are recorded as sandy, so they are easier on bare feet and better for children playing. Check wind and waves in CalmBeach before you go.
The beaches
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Paralia Glyfadas
The cosmopolitan sunset beach — A long, wide sweep of soft golden sand with dunes and pine-clad cliffs — a relatively rare sight on pebbly Corfu. It faces west, which is why it is…
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Paralia Agios SpyridonasPaleokastritsa's main sandy bay below the monastery — Agios Spiridon is the central and largest sandy beach of Paleokastritsa, on the northwest coast of Corfu, about 25 kilometres from Corfu Town. It…
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Issos BeachThe sand dunes beside the Korission lagoon — Issos beach lies on the southwest coast of Corfu, a vast stretch of sand whose rolling dunes divide the Ionian Sea from the Korission lagoon. It is…
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Paralia Agios Georgios PagonThe horseshoe bay of northwest Corfu — Agios Georgios Pagon forms a large, horseshoe-shaped bay on the northwest coast of Corfu, with sand stretching for about two kilometres. It lies…
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Kontogialos
The golden sands below Pelekas — Kontogialos, also known as Pelekas beach, is a large sandy stretch on the west coast of Corfu, below the village of Pelekas, about 13 kilometres from…
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Marathias beachThe endless golden sand toward Cape Arkoudilas — Marathias is a very long, golden sandy beach in southern Corfu, near the village of the same name and Vitalades, stretching for kilometres to the…
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Paralia GardenoThe sandy shore of Vitalades village — Gardeno beach stretches along southwest Corfu as the shore of the traditional village of Vitalades, a long ribbon of fine, golden sand. Its name is…
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Agios StefanosThe fishing village facing the Diapontia islands — Agios Stefanos lies in northwest Corfu, the sandy shore of the resort of the same name below the village of Avliotes, with a long strip of fine sand…
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Paralia Agios GordisThe west coast beneath the Ortholithi — Agios Gordios beach lies in west-central Corfu, below the village of Sinarades, a long sandy shore at the foot of steep crags.
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Paralia LongasThe sandy strip beneath the clay cliffs — Loggas beach, also known as Logas or Sunset Beach, sits at Peroulades on the northwest tip of Corfu, a narrow strip of golden sand at the foot of…
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Paralia Agiou GordiouThe west coast with the Ortholithi — Agios Gordios lies on the west coast of Corfu, about twenty kilometres from Corfu Town. Its sandy shore stretches for over a kilometre and a half…
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Paralia ChalikounaThe sand between the lagoon and the open sea — Halikounas beach runs along southwest Corfu, a long strip of fine sand that separates the Korission lagoon from the open sea.
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ArillasThe village-beach of the northwest tip — Arillas spreads along the northwest coast of Corfu, in a large bay whose sandy beach runs for more than a kilometre, with small headlands at either…
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Paralia ArkoudilaThe wild strand beneath the white cliffs — Arkoudilas lies at the southern tip of Corfu, about two kilometres from Kavos, a long strand of sand beneath sheer white cliffs, near Cape…
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Paralia SidariThe golden strand beside the Canal d'Amour — Sidari beach lies on the north coast of Corfu, about 34 km from the town, at the seaside resort of the same name, with fine golden sand. It faces…
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ApotrypitiThe hidden cove of hollowed rocks — Apotripiti is a small, secluded cove near Sidari in northern Corfu, a little beyond the Canal d'Amour. It has fine sand and is ringed by tall…
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Paralia Kontokaliou
The captain's sandy shore beside Gouvia marina — Kontokali beach lies at Kontokali, a suburb about 7 km north of Corfu Town, on a headland that separates the gulf from the natural harbour and marina…
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Paralia Bouka
At the mouth of the Lefkimmi canal — Bouka beach, also known as Melikia, lies in southern Corfu at Lefkimmi, where the canal-river of Lefkimmi meets the sea. The word 'bouka' itself…
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Santa Barbara beachA stretch of the south's endless golden sands — Santa Barbara lies on the southwest coast of Corfu, within the wider Marathias stretch, one of the island's longest sandy shores, about 35 kilometres…
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Maltas beach
The endless sands of the southern coast — Maltas belongs to the long sandy coast of southwestern Corfu, near the village of Perivoli, also known locally as Santa Barbara or Marathias. It is…
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Photo: from a visitor
Photo credits
- Paralia Agios Spyridonas: Дмитрий Мозжухин, CC BY 3.0
- Issos Beach: Καββαδία Αθανασία (Καββαδία), CC BY-SA 3.0 gr
- Paralia Agios Georgios Pagon: krzysztof.chodzen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Marathias beach: Hombre, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paralia Gardeno: Allesineinem, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Agios Stefanos: Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 2.5
- Paralia Agios Gordis: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), CC BY 3.0
- Paralia Longas: maczopikczu, CC BY 3.0
- Paralia Agiou Gordiou: Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez (Qoan), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paralia Chalikouna: TasosFokas, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Arillas: Paul Lakin, CC BY 3.0
- Paralia Arkoudila: Alex Alishevskikh, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Paralia Sidari: Arnoldius, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Apotrypiti: ARKADIUSZ MARKIEWICZ, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Santa Barbara beach: Summerbrize, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Astrakeri: Xenophôn, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Almyros: Agithos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paramonas: Mateus2019, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Alonaki Bay: TasosFokas, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paralia Agiou Spyridona: krzysztof.chodzen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paralia Acharavis: from a visitor
Good to know
Which beaches in Corfu are sandy?
The beaches listed here are recorded as sand rather than pebbles or rock. Shorelines shift with storms and seasons, so the mix can change from year to year.
Does sand mean shallow water?
Not always. Sand describes the shore, not the depth — some sandy beaches drop away quickly. Open a beach to see its recorded depth, and check live wind and waves before you swim.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 35 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.52 m in June, 0.55 m in July and 0.51 m in August when the maistros is at its strongest, and 0.57 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 35 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.9 °C in May, 22.2 °C in June, 23.7 °C in July, 25.5 °C in August and 24.6 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 22.5 °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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