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Sandy beaches in East Attica
18 sandy beaches in East Attica: 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 East Attica? These 18 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 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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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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Paralia ChamoliaThe sandy shore below ancient Vravrona — Hamolia lies on the eastern coast of Attica, in front of the seaside settlement of the same name at Vravrona, about four kilometres north of Porto…
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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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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
- Paralia Marathona: afromusing, CC BY 2.0
- Paralia Chamolia: Amstelios la, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paralia Agiou Spyridona: nizamis xristos, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lagonissi Grand Resort: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Theretro Axiomatikon Navtikou: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Good to know
Which beaches in East Attica 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 18 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.36 m in June, 0.37 m in July and 0.39 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.39 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 18 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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