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Sandy beaches in Halkidiki
86 beaches in Halkidiki with sand underfoot. Re-ranked live, so the one with the flattest sea today comes first.
These are the beaches on Halkidiki tagged as sand on the map: soft underfoot and easier for children and bare feet than pebbles. Sand says nothing about the sea, so the live ranking checks today's wind for each of them.
All 86 sandy beaches on Halkidiki
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Meltemi shelter (0–100) | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beach | south | Sand | 96 | ||||||
| Castello beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Destenika Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | Toilets | Beach resort | ||||
| Fteroti Beach | south-east | Sand | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Kampoudi 1 | south | Sand | 96 | 22 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Kampoudi 2 | south | Sand | 96 | Lifeguard | 22 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||
| Lagomandra Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 33 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Mykoniatika Nudist Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | ||||||
| Nea Kallikratia Beach | south | Sand | 96 | Lifeguard | 55 bars and cafés | 1313 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Ouranoupoli 3/Aristoteles | south | Sand | 96 | Lifeguard | 22 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||
| Par. Lagomadra | south-west | Sand | 96 | 22 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Paralia Psakoudia | south | Sand | 96 | 33 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Plagia-Flogita Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 1818 bars and cafés | 1717 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Secret Paradise Nudist Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||||
| Spathies Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | Parking | |||||
| Tristinika Beach | south | Sand | 96 | 33 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Kaboudi / Akrathos | south | Sand | 95 | Lifeguard | 11 bar or café | Parking | |||
| Katergopetra Nudist Beach | west | Sand | 95 | ||||||
| Lira Bay | east | Sand | 95 | ||||||
| Mikres Aretes | south-west | Sand | 95 | 11 bar or café | |||||
| Nikiti Beach | south-west | Sand | 95 | 77 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Toroni Beach | south-west | Sand | 95 | 11 bar or café | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Portes Beach | south-west | Sand | 94 | Parking | |||||
| Livari Beach | west | Sand | 93 | Parking | |||||
| Aretes Beach | south-west | Sand | 91 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Paralia Develiki | south | Sand | 91 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Beach resort | ||
| Valti Beach | south-east | Sand | 91 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Diaporti Beach | north-west | Sand | 90 | ||||||
| Paralia Kabos (Pyrgadikia) | south-east | Sand | 89 | 11 bar or café | Beach resort | ||||
| Lagonisi Beach | north-east | Sand | 87 | 11 bar or café | Parking | ||||
| Vourvourou Beach | east | Sand | 81 | Lifeguard | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Fteroti Beach | north-east | Sand | 80 | ||||||
| Sikia Beach | east | Sand | 80 | 22 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Iliovasilema | west | Sand | 72 | ||||||
| Vourvourou | north-west | Sand | 60 | 33 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Salonikiou Beach | east | Sand | 54 | 11 bar or café | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Ouranoupolis Beach | north-east | Sand | 52 | 88 bars and cafés | 99 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Galini Beach | north | Sand | 51 | Parking | |||||
| Salonikiou Beach | east | Sand | 51 | 11 bar or café | Parking | ||||
| Eleonas Beach | east | Sand | 45 | ||||||
| Ormos Panagias Beach | north-east | Sand | 43 | 44 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Bousoulas | west | Sand | 42 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Tsifliki | east | Sand | 42 | ||||||
| Schinia Beach | east | Sand | 39 | ||||||
| Chrousou Beach | north-east | Sand | 38 | 44 bars and cafés | Parking | ||||
| Schinia Beach | east | Sand | 37 | Parking | |||||
| Lyra Bay | east | Sand | 34 | ||||||
| Pyrgos Beach | north-east | Sand | 31 | Parking | |||||
| Trani Ammouda BeachBlue Flag | north-east | Sand | 31 | 44 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Karidi Beach | north-east | Sand | 30 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||||
| Pyrgos Beach | east | Sand | 30 | 11 bar or café | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Small Karydi Beach | east | Sand | 30 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||||
| Fava beach | north-east | Sand | 28 | Parking | |||||
| Manos Beach | north-east | Sand | 28 | Parking | |||||
| Bara Beach | north-east | Sand | 27 | Parking | |||||
| Beach | north | Sand | 27 | ||||||
| Paralia | north | Sand | 27 | 11 bar or café | |||||
| Zografou Beach | north-east | Sand | 27 | ||||||
| Beach | north | Sand | 26 | ||||||
| Chrysi ammoudia | east | Sand | 26 | 11 bar or café |
Showing 60 of 86 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
Where are the sandy beaches in Halkidiki?
86 of the 163 mapped beaches on Halkidiki are tagged as sand, for example Beach, Castello beach, and Destenika Beach. The ones best sheltered from the meltemi are listed first.
Is a sandy beach also a sheltered beach?
Not necessarily. Sand tells you what is underfoot, not what the sea does. A long open sandy bay can have waves when the wind blows onshore. The live ranking above shows which sandy beaches are flat right now.
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.