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Sheltered beaches in Athens Riviera
41 beaches in Athens Riviera that stay flat when the meltemi blows. Most protected first, and re-ranked live for today's wind.
A beach counts as sheltered here when its sea stays flat in a strong north or north-east wind (6 Bft), the meltemi. We measured the open sea upwind of every beach on Athens Riviera: where land lies close to the north and north-east, waves cannot build.
All 41 sheltered beaches on Athens Riviera
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Meltemi shelter (0–100) | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Glyfada Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| 2nd Glyfada Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | ||
| A' Alimos Beach "Stolidi" | south-west | Sand | 96 | 88 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Agios Cosmas | south-west | Sand | 96 | ||||||
| Edem beach | south-west | – | 96 | 22 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Evkalypta | south-west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Floisbos beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 55 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Galazia Akti | south-west | – | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Krakaris | south-west | Pebbles | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Lobarnta | south | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | |||||
| Mpatis beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | ||||||
| N.O. Mavro Lithari | south-west | – | 96 | Parking | |||||
| Niriides | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | ||||
| Palmyra | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | |||
| Panagitsa i Dytissa | south | – | 96 | Parking | |||||
| paralia agiou alexandrou | south-west | – | 96 | Parking | |||||
| Paralia Agiou Nikolaou | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Paralia Altheas | south | – | 96 | ||||||
| Paralia Anavyssou | south | – | 96 | 66 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Paralia Glyfadas Akti D | west | – | 96 | 1010 bars and cafés | 2020 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Paralia Skales Altheas | south | – | 96 | ||||||
| Pevko | south-west | – | 96 | Parking | Beach resort | ||||
| Skalakia Anavyssou | south | – | 96 | ||||||
| Unofficial Nudist Beach | south-east | – | 96 | Parking | |||||
| Votsalakia | south | Pebbles | 96 | 1818 bars and cafés | 1616 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Voula Beach | south-west | – | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| 3rd Glyfada Beach | south-west | Sand | 95 | 22 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Akti tou Iliou | south-west | Sand | 95 | 1010 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Beach of Varkiza | south | Sand | 95 | 11 bar or café | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Blue Lagoon | south | Sand | 95 | 1111 bars and cafés | 1212 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Eden | west | – | 95 | 11 bar or café | |||||
| Second Beach of Saronis | south-west | Sand | 95 | ||||||
| V' plaz Voulas | west | Sand | 95 | Toilets | Parking | ||||
| Astir Beach | west | Sand | 94 | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| FKK Beach | south-west | – | 94 | ||||||
| Kentriki paralia Saronidas | west | Sand | 94 | 55 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | |||
| plaz "Kalabaka" | south-west | – | 94 | 33 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Unofficial Nudist Beach | south-west | – | 94 | ||||||
| Iliopoulos | south-west | – | 93 | Parking | |||||
| Mikro Kavouri | west | Sand | 93 | 22 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Balux - The house project | west | – | 92 | 55 bars and cafés | 99 tavernas and restaurants | 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 are sheltered from the meltemi?
41 of the 44 mapped beaches on Athens Riviera stay flat in a strong north wind. The best protected are 1st Glyfada Beach, 2nd Glyfada Beach, and A' Alimos Beach "Stolidi".
Are these beaches sheltered every day?
They are sheltered in the meltemi, which blows from the north. With wind from another direction the sheltered side changes, so check the live ranking above: it applies today's forecast to these beaches and is refreshed every 2 hours.
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.