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Family beaches in Halkidiki
74 beaches in Halkidiki 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 74 family beaches on Halkidiki
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nea Kallikratia Beach | south | Sand | Lifeguard | 55 bars and cafés | 1313 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Kampoudi 2 | south | Sand | Lifeguard | 22 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||
| Ouranoupoli 3/Aristoteles | south | Sand | Lifeguard | 22 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||
| Trani Ammouda BeachBlue Flag | north-east | Sand | 44 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| paralia Chanioti | north-east | Sand | Lifeguard | 22 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | |||
| Kaboudi / Akrathos | south | Sand | Lifeguard | 11 bar or café | Parking | |||
| Armenistis Beach | east | Sand | Lifeguard | 22 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |
| Par. Lagomadra | south-west | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Paralia Psakoudia | south | Sand | 33 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Plagia-Flogita Beach | south-west | Sand | 1818 bars and cafés | 1717 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Tristinika Beach | south | Sand | 33 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Nikiti Beach | south-west | Sand | 77 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Toroni Beach | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Vourvourou Beach | east | Sand | Lifeguard | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Sikia Beach | east | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Lagomandra Beach | south-west | Sand | 33 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Vourvourou | north-west | Sand | 33 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Kampoudi 1 | south | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Ouranoupolis Beach | north-east | Sand | 88 bars and cafés | 99 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Paralia Develiki | south | Sand | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Beach resort | ||
| Ormos Panagias Beach | north-east | Sand | 44 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Vina beach | north-east | Sand | Lifeguard | 11 taverna or restaurant | Beach resort | |||
| Castello beach | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Aretes Beach | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Valti Beach | south-east | Sand | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Kallithea | east | Sand | 44 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Portokali Beach | north | Sand | 66 bars and cafés | Toilets | Parking | |||
| wet dream beach | north | Sand | 11 bar or café | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | |||
| Chrousou Beach | north-east | Sand | 44 bars and cafés | Parking | ||||
| paralia Chanoti Grecotel | north-east | Sand | 55 bars and cafés | 99 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Sarti Beach | east | Sand | 2323 bars and cafés | 3131 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Pefkochori beach | north | Sand | 88 bars and cafés | 1111 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Pevkochori Yalla-Flegra | north | Sand | 33 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Fteroti Beach | south-east | Sand | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Paralia Kabos (Pyrgadikia) | south-east | Sand | 11 bar or café | Beach resort | ||||
| Bousoulas | west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Ierissos Beach | north-east | Sand | 77 bars and cafés | 99 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Ierissos Municipal 2 | north-east | Sand | 33 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Ierissos Municipal 3 | north-east | Sand | 77 bars and cafés | 99 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Destenika Beach | south-west | Sand | Toilets | Beach resort | ||||
| Golden Beach | north | Sand | 33 bars and cafés | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Salonikiou Beach | east | Sand | 11 bar or café | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Onirou Beach | north | Sand | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Beach resort | |||
| Platania Beach | north-east | Sand | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Pyrgos Beach | east | Sand | 11 bar or café | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Nikiti Beach | south-west | – | 88 bars and cafés | 1919 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Paralia Ouranoupoli | south-west | – | 33 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Kalamitsi | south-east | – | 22 bars and cafés | 1010 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Blue Dream | west | – | 55 bars and cafés | 1212 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Paradisos Beach | west | – | 11 bar or café | 99 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | |||
| Stratoni Beach | south-east | – | 33 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | |||
| Ierissos Municipal 1 | north-east | Sand | 11 bar or café | Toilets | ||||
| white sand | north-east | – | 44 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Linaraki Beach | north-west | – | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Possidi Beach | west | – | 88 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Tourkolimnionas Beach | north-west | – | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Agios Ioannis Beach | south | – | 22 bars and cafés | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Kalogrias beach | south-west | – | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Porto Koufo | south-west | – | 22 tavernas and restaurants | |||||
| Anthemus Beach | west | – | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | Beach resort |
Showing 60 of 74 beaches. Use the beach finder above for the full ranked list.
Halkidiki: how busy is it, month by month
Halkidiki 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 July.
Visitor levels are nights spent in tourist accommodation in the Central Macedonia 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 Halkidiki are good for families?
74 of the 163 mapped beaches on Halkidiki are easy to reach and have a lifeguard, a place to eat or drink, toilets or a resort nearby. The best fits are Nea Kallikratia Beach, Kampoudi 2, and Ouranoupoli 3/Aristoteles.
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.