Best Beaches In Greece

  • by XpatAthens
  • Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Best Beaches In Greece
There are over 2,000 islands in Greece and 16,000 km worth of coastline. The country is famous for its diversity, sandy beaches, pebbly shores, caves, and crystal waters so it can be hard to find where the best beaches are in Greece. Here are just a few:

Kephalonia - Ionian Islands

The popular beaches of Myrtos has white sand and rock, and excellent views of the cliffside village of Ano Mera. There are also caves with stalactites and stalagmites and one that is over 3km long.

Lefkada - Ionian Islands

Lefkada is mainly a mountainous island with natural beauty, plane trees, historical and archaeological sites, and beautiful islets opposite the port of Nydri. These islets of Skorpios, Madouri, and Meganissi have plenty of caves to explore, including one that is known to have concealed a submarine during World War II.

The popular beaches are Porto Katsiki with white sand and turquoise waters and Egremnous, where the sea is perfect, but harder to get to.

Mykonos - Cycladic Islands
 
This island is known for its world-class beaches, becoming packed in July and August. Most of the beaches are on the south coast, which is protected from the northern winds.

Skiathos - Sporades

This island is not short of beaches with 62 exceptional ones to choose from. The organized beaches are on the south side and the quiet, untouched beaches are on the north side. Koukounaries and Lalaria are the two most popular beaches - Lalaria can only be accessed by boat.

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