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Beaches with bars in Chios
12 beaches in Chios 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 12 beaches with bars on Chios
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Komi Beach | south-east | – | 55 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | ||
| Karfas Beach | east | Sand | 55 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking |
| Lefkathia | south-west | – | 22 bars and cafés | |||
| Mega Limionas Beach | south-east | – | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | ||
| Megas Limnionas Beach | south-east | – | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | ||
| Glaroi Beach | east | – | 11 bar or café | |||
| Paralia Avlonia | south-west | – | 11 bar or café | |||
| Vroulidia Beach | south | Sand | 11 bar or café | Parking | ||
| Mavra Volia | south-east | Pebbles | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking |
| Bella Vista | east | – | 22 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |
| Lithiou Beach | north-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | ||
| Paralia Agios Isidoros | north-east | Pebbles | 11 bar or café | Toilets |
Chios: how busy is it, month by month
Chios is busiest in August. In May and October there are about half as many visitors, or fewer. For a flat sea and fewer people, the best months are June and September.
Visitor levels are nights spent in tourist accommodation in the North Aegean 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 Chios have a beach bar?
12 of the 38 mapped beaches on Chios have a bar or café within 300 m, for example Komi Beach, Karfas Beach, and Lefkathia. 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.