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Beaches with bars in Athens Riviera
25 beaches in Athens Riviera with a bar or café close by. Re-ranked live, so the flattest sea comes first.
These beaches have at least one bar, café or pub mapped within 300 m of the sand, so you can stay for a drink after the swim. The number in the table is how many OpenStreetMap shows; there may be more than are mapped.
All 25 beaches with bars on Athens Riviera
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paralia Glyfadas Akti D | west | – | 1010 bars and cafés | 2020 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking |
| Votsalakia | south | Pebbles | 1818 bars and cafés | 1616 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking |
| Blue Lagoon | south | Sand | 1111 bars and cafés | 1212 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |
| Akti tou Iliou | south-west | Sand | 1010 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |
| A' Alimos Beach "Stolidi" | south-west | Sand | 88 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |
| Paralia Anavyssou | south | – | 66 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |
| Floisbos beach | south-west | Sand | 55 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking |
| Balux - The house project | west | – | 55 bars and cafés | 99 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |
| Kentriki paralia Saronidas | west | Sand | 55 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | |
| plaz "Kalabaka" | south-west | – | 33 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | ||
| Mikro Kavouri | west | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |
| 3rd Glyfada Beach | south-west | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking |
| Edem beach | south-west | – | 22 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking |
| Beach of Varkiza | south | Sand | 11 bar or café | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking |
| Palmyra | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | |
| 1st Glyfada Beach | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |
| 2nd Glyfada Beach | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking |
| Galazia Akti | south-west | – | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |
| Krakaris | south-west | Pebbles | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |
| Niriides | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | ||
| Voula Beach | south-west | – | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |
| Lobarnta | south | Sand | 11 bar or café | |||
| Paralia Agiou Nikolaou | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | Parking | ||
| Eden | west | – | 11 bar or café | |||
| Megalo Kavouri | west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking |
Athens Riviera: how busy is it, month by month
Athens Riviera is busiest in August. For a flat sea and fewer people, the best months are June and July.
Visitor levels are nights spent in tourist accommodation in the Attica region (Eurostat, average of 2023–2025), compared with its busiest month. They show when the area is busy, not how many people are on a given beach.
Frequently asked questions
Which beaches in Athens Riviera have a beach bar?
25 of the 44 mapped beaches on Athens Riviera have a bar or café within 300 m, for example Paralia Glyfadas Akti D, Votsalakia, and Blue Lagoon. The ones with the most are listed first.
Are these all bars on the sand?
Not always. We list bars and cafés within 300 m of the beach as mapped in OpenStreetMap: some are on the sand, some just behind it. Opening times change with the season, so check before you go.
How do you know which beaches are sheltered?
For every beach we measured how much open sea lies in each of 16 compass directions, using OpenStreetMap coastlines. Waves build over open water, so a beach with land close by in the direction the wind comes from is sheltered. Today's wind forecast from MET Norway is then applied, and the result is refreshed every 2 hours.
Are the forecasts reliable?
They are estimates. The model does not include swell from distant storms, and local gusts can be stronger than forecast. Always follow lifeguard flags and local warnings.