These northwestern beaches, are some of the closest ones to our side of the island. You can check their exact location on Google maps.
Korissia-Livadi: The port of Kea is also offered for swimming. The beach is sandy and the sea clear, given the fact that the gulf is open and the water is being continuously renewed. As in every port, you may find here restaurants, bars, cafes and shops for every taste.
Gialiskari: On the west side of Aghios Nikolaos bay you will find a small but beautiful bustling beach and the homonymous village with many accommodations in an amphitheatrical formation over the hill. Enjoy the sand and the clear waters and when the sun starts chasing you, try to resort under the shadow that the salt cedars and the eucalypti lavishly offer you. Stay until late so that you don’t miss an unforgettable view of the sunset.
Vourkari: Vourkari has a small sandy beach surrounded by small rocky coves. It is a safe and picturesque little harbor where boats anchor. Its quiet side, the idyllic peninsula of Aghia Irini, has rocks and trees providing shadow and is the ideal location to enjoy the sunset.
Kokka: A special small beach with wild beauty and the old storage warehouses of coke defining the landscape. From here you have a view to Vourkari and to the port.
Treis Ammoudies: Treis Ammoudies in Greek means literally “three sandy beaches”. However, only one of them is accessible and only with a 4×4 vehicle. It is a tiny lovely beach with little rocks and sand, protected from the southerly winds.
Kefala: The access to this beach is feasible only by boat. If you have the chance, however, don’t leave without swimming in the wonderful waters of this ancient area.
Otzias: The longest beach of the island is Otzias bay, a majestic coast of 700 m. length, partly organized. Here you may find a golden sandy beach, deep blue waters, dense salt cedars, and a picturesque landscape surrounded by the white little churches of Aghios Sostis and Ai Giorgis from both sides. It is the ideal place to stay, swim or eat in one of the seaside taverns.
Ladou: A small isolated and quite protected beach where you will go on foot through a small footpath in the north side of Otzia or by boat.
Platia Ammos: A small, relatively unknown beach, with sand. It is the first one that you meet on the road from Korissia to Xyla. Access is relatively easy and possible through a track.
Xyla: An organized beach with crystal waters, just 4 klm. south from Korissia. The biggest part of the route is a dirt road.
Mavrambeli: A heavenly beach with transparent waters, thin pebbles and sand. Access is possible only through the track Mylopotamos-Sklavonikolas and by boat.
Kalamitsi: An isolated sandy beach with access from a difficult dirt road and by boat. Don’t forget to take an umbrella and supplies with you.
Kalogeros: A beach with sand and crystal waters. Access is possible through the dirt road that leads to Voskotopos, while you may also go by boat. It would be wise to have supplies with you, given the fact it is not organized.
Aghios Filippos: A wonderful beach with thin pebbles, sand and crystal waters, accessible only by boat or through a footpath.
Karthaia-Poles: Two beaches that are separated by the Ancient Karthaia hill. Both of them have crystal clear waters, sand and pebbles and are accessible through a footpath. Their location next to the archeological site and the church of Panagia ton Polo makes them unique.
Kaliskia: An idyllic beach with a few shadowy trees and emerald waters.
Stravotrachila: A small isolated beach with sand and pebbles which you will reach if you turn to the right on the dirt track that leads to Kaliskia.
Stefa: A small beach protected by the northern winds, accessible only by boat.
Schinos: A beautiful clean beach with sand and rocks, where there used to be a fish farming unit. You will reach it with a 4×4 vehicle from the road of Chavouna area.
Vroskopos: A beach with emerald waters with access clearly easier by the sea given the fact that the dirt road is still quite rutty. Don’t forget to take supplies with you.
Pisses: A large and very well organized beach with a volleyball net and sunbeds on the sand, shadowy trees and crystal clear waters for revitalizing dives. A few meters from the beach, you will find the only camping of the island and of course restaurants and mini markets.
Kastelakia: Between Pisses and Koundouros, two small lovely and isolated beaches accessible through a track.
Aghios Aimilianos: A tiny beach with splendid waters just below the little church of Aghios Aimilianos. Don’t forget to take an umbrella and supplies with you.
Koundouros: An organized sandy beach, the most cosmopolitan one in the island, awarded with a blue flag by the Greek National Tourism Organization,also an ideal anchorage of boats, at a 16 klm distance south from Ioulis.
Koundouraki: A small but very well organized beach with sand, thin pebbles and wonderful waters, ideal for water sports.
Frea: A beach with thin pebbles, trees and kiosks just at a few meters distance from Koundouros.
Lygia: A small bay on the road from Koundouros to Kampi, with pebbles and crystal clear water.
Kampi: At a 3 klm. distance from Koundouros, with access from the asphalt road. The typical little houses over the rocks used to be storage buildings for acorns. The beach has sand, pebbles, trees and kiosks. There you will also find a small tavern, a good reason to prolong your stay.
Liparo: The access to this beach with the splendid waters and the golden sand is through a private road, so you should be careful with the doors you find on your way; close back again the ones you have found closed. You can only reach there with a vehicle that is dirt-road-friendly.
Avythou: If you continue on the road after Liparo, you will find this isolated beach that is protected with rocks. It’s wise to have supplies with you.
Platys Gialos: A beautiful isolated beach with crystal waters, sand and pebbles, accessible only by boat.
Kastriani: A small sandy beach with wild beauty, just below Kastriani Monastery, accessible only by boat.
Spathi: Just before Kastriani Monastery, a deviation from the asphalt road crosses a part of the inland and ends up to Ioulis, while its east part leads through a fordable track to Spathi bay with the picturesque country houses. The beach will reward you with its lovely sand and transparent waters. There you will also find a great tavern-beach bar.
Kalydonychi: You will reach this beach with the emerald waters if you turn to the left in the fork dirt road you will find in Perameria.
Psili Ammos: You will get to this dreamy little sandy beach swimming or walking from Kalydonychi or by boat.
Sykamia: One of the most beautiful beaches on the island. It combines sand, thin pebbles and shadowy trees. A short part of the road before you arrive is a dirt track. Don’t forget to take with you food supplies and water.
Psathi: A small isolated beach with sand and thin pebbles where you reach through a short dirt track.
Orkos: An idyllic beach with sand and pebbles, crystal waters and shadowy trees. The ruins from the old mines give a special atmosphere.
Tilegrafos: An isolated charming beach with sand and pebbles. Access is possible by the sea but also from a particularly rutty dirt track.
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