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Sunset beaches in Corfu
36 west-facing beaches in Corfu: that look out toward the sunset. Check live wind & waves for each beach on CalmBeach before you go.
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Want to watch the sun go down over the sea in Corfu? These 36 west-facing beaches look out toward the sunset. Time your visit for late afternoon — and 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 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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RoviniaThe hidden cove of white pebbles near Liapades — Rovinia is a hidden cove on the west coast of Corfu, near the village of Liapades and just south of Paleokastritsa. It stands out for its white…
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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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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 MyrtiotissasLawrence Durrell’s favourite beach — A strip of golden sand beneath white limestone cliffs, on the isolated west coast. Author Lawrence Durrell called it "perhaps the loveliest beach in…
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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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Agias Triades BeachThe Paleokastritsa cove of pebbles and green cliffs — Agia Triada beach sits in Paleokastritsa, on the west coast of Corfu, about 22 km from the town, one of the small coves of the bay. Its shore mixes…
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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 credits
- Paralia Agios Georgios Pagon: krzysztof.chodzen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Rovinia: maczopikczu, CC BY 3.0
- Marathias beach: Hombre, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 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 Myrtiotissas: maczopikczu, CC BY 3.0
- Arillas: Paul Lakin, CC BY 3.0
- Paralia Arkoudila: Alex Alishevskikh, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Agias Triades Beach: Дмитрий Мозжухин, CC BY 3.0
- Santa Barbara beach: Summerbrize, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paralia Klimatia: maczopikczu, CC BY 3.0
- Paralia Gyali: Romanos Kalamatianos, CC BY 3.0
- Almyros: Agithos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paramonas: Mateus2019, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paralia Liapadon: Mateus2019, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mikro Stelari: LucT, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paralia Lakkies: zogopl, CC BY-SA 3.0
Good to know
Which beaches in Corfu face the sunset?
The beaches listed here face west or southwest, so the sun sets over the water in front of you. Arrive before sunset to find a spot and enjoy the light.
Anything to know for an evening visit?
Wind can pick up or drop in the evening, and remote beaches have no lights. Check live wind and waves in the app and bring a torch for the walk back.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 36 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.57 m in June, 0.59 m in July and 0.55 m in August when the maistros is at its strongest, and 0.62 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 36 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.7 °C in May, 22.0 °C in June, 23.4 °C in July, 25.3 °C in August and 24.5 °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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