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Family beaches in Athens Riviera
26 beaches in Athens Riviera that are easy to reach and have something useful close by: a lifeguard, a place to eat or drink, toilets. Ranked live, so the flattest sea comes first.
A family beach here is easy to reach (a road or track at the beach, or a car park close by), is not a naturist beach, and has at least one thing families need within 300 m: a lifeguard, a café, bar or taverna, toilets or a mapped beach resort. It all comes from OpenStreetMap, so a beach can have more than the map shows. We do not know how quickly the water gets deep, so check that on arrival if you have small children.
All 26 family beaches on Athens Riviera
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A' Alimos Beach "Stolidi" | south-west | Sand | 88 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Floisbos beach | south-west | Sand | 55 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Palmyra | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | |||
| 3rd Glyfada Beach | south-west | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Akti tou Iliou | south-west | Sand | 1010 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Beach of Varkiza | south | Sand | 11 bar or café | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Blue Lagoon | south | Sand | 1111 bars and cafés | 1212 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Kentriki paralia Saronidas | west | Sand | 55 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | |||
| Mikro Kavouri | west | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| 1st Glyfada Beach | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Astir Beach | west | Sand | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| 2nd Glyfada Beach | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Niriides | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | ||||
| Megalo Kavouri | west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Paralia Agiou Nikolaou | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Paralia Mavro Lithari | west | Sand | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Paralia Anavyssou | south | – | 66 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| 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 | ||
| plaz "Kalabaka" | south-west | – | 33 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Balux - The house project | west | – | 55 bars and cafés | 99 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Edem beach | south-west | – | 22 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | 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 | |||
| Voula Beach | south-west | – | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Pevko | south-west | – | Parking | Beach resort |
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 are good for families?
26 of the 44 mapped beaches on Athens Riviera are easy to reach and have a lifeguard, a place to eat or drink, toilets or a resort nearby. The best fits are A' Alimos Beach "Stolidi", Floisbos beach, and Palmyra.
Is the water shallow at these beaches?
The map data does not say how quickly the sea gets deep, so we do not claim it. Sandy beaches usually slope gently, but check on arrival and keep an eye on small children. The live ranking above shows which of these beaches have flat water today.
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.