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Sandy beaches in Rhodes
24 sandy beaches in Rhodes: with sand underfoot rather than pebbles. Check live wind & waves for each beach on CalmBeach before you go.
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- 17organized
- 17with photos
Looking for sand rather than pebbles in Rhodes? These 24 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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TsampikaGolden sand below the monastery — One of Rhodes’s few true golden-sand beaches (the island is mostly pebble), with shallow, warm water, below a steep ~300 m hill crowned by the…
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Paralia Lindou (Megali Paralia)The sandy bay below the ancient acropolis — The bay corresponds to the ancient harbour of Lindos, a major trading centre by the 8th century BC; at the foot of the acropolis a Rhodian trireme…
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PrasonisiThe sandy spit between two seas — At the southernmost tip of Rhodes, an islet is joined to the island by a sandy strip (a tombolo): in summer you walk across it, in winter it…
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Paralia Agathi
The golden cove below the castle — Above it stands the ruined medieval castle of Feraklos, a Byzantine fort the Knights Hospitaller took in 1306 — their first stronghold on Rhodes…
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Photo credits
- Tsampika: Libor Tošnar, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paralia Lindou (Megali Paralia): Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Prasonisi: Carlo Pelagalli, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paralia Glystra: rene boulay, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paralia Katafygio: KrauS, CC BY 3.0
- Paralia Mantomata: Liutauras Dirse, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paralia Lardou: Xxlstier, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paralia Gennadiou: ElenaDAF, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Agios Georgios: Marco F.
- Paralia Plakia: Ssu, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paralia Vlycha: Sedohr, CC BY 3.0
- Paralia Kiotari: Wayne77, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Plimmyri: Tsui, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paralia Kokkini Ammos: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
- Faliraki: Vadim Indeikin, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mavros Kavos: MariaVanRhodes, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paralia Kokkinogia: Ssu, CC BY-SA 4.0
Good to know
Which beaches in Rhodes 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 24 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.41 m in June, 0.40 m in July and 0.37 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.42 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 24 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 20.1 °C in May, 22.8 °C in June, 25.6 °C in July, 27.5 °C in August and 26.3 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. In October it is still 24.2 °C — warmer than June. 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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