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Sunset beaches in Lefkada
13 west-facing beaches in Lefkada: that look out toward the sunset. Check live wind & waves for each beach on CalmBeach before you go.
- 13beaches
- 7organized
- 9with photos
Want to watch the sun go down over the sea in Lefkada? These 13 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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KathismaThe organised beach with paragliders — One of the longest beaches on Lefkada (~1 km), wide, with fine white sand and pebbles, on the west coast below green cliffs. Fully organised and…
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Porto KatsikiThe "goat’s port" — A crescent of fine white sand at the foot of a towering, concave white cliff in southwest Lefkada — one of the most photographed beaches in Greece…
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MylosThe hidden cove next to Agios Nikitas — A picturesque, fairly secluded cove of sand, pebbles and clear water, with no road. Reach it either by an uphill path of ~20-30 minutes through the…
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AgiofylliThe pebbled cove beneath the cliffs — Agiofili sits on the south coast of Lefkada, just outside Vasiliki, a small cove of white pebbles tucked beneath high cliffs. On local maps the name…
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KavalikevtaGiant rocks and little coves — Kavalikefta lies on the west coast of Lefkada, below the village of Kalamitsi and about fifteen kilometres south of the main town. Also called…
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Agios IoannisThe long shore with the windmills — Agios Ioannis, also called Ai Giannis, stretches just outside the town of Lefkada, a long shore of coarse sand and pebbles running some three…
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PevkouliaThe beach with the pines — A long beach of sand and pebbles near Agios Nikitas (west coast), with pine trees offering natural shade — the name evokes the "little pines".
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Avali
The hidden cove beneath the cliffs — Avali is a secluded cove on the west coast of Lefkada, below the village of Kalamitsi, with white pebbles and coarse sand. It sits about 25…
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EgkremniThe long beach below white cliffs — A long beach of fine white pebbles and sand, beneath towering white limestone cliffs on the southwest coast, famous for its intense blue water.
Photo credits
- Porto Katsiki: Dimitra Papadimitriou, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mylos: spheeris, CC BY 3.0
- Agiofylli: wolfgang.mller54 from Niedersachsen /Germany, CC BY 2.0
- Kavalikevta: spheeris, CC BY 3.0
- Pevkoulia: Igorm77, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Gaidaros: spheeris, CC BY 3.0
- Egkremni: Karmelunz, CC BY-SA 3.0
Good to know
Which beaches in Lefkada 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 13 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.60 m in June, 0.65 m in July and 0.60 m in August when the maistros is at its strongest, and 0.59 m in September. September 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 13 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.5 °C in May, 23.2 °C in June, 25.2 °C in July, 26.3 °C in August and 24.9 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 22.8 °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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