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Organized beaches in Kefalonia
27 beaches in Kefalonia with facilities: a mapped beach resort, or bars and tavernas close by with toilets or parking. Ranked live for today's wind.
An organized beach here is mapped as a beach resort, or has at least 2 bars, cafés or tavernas within 300 m together with toilets or a car park. This is what the map shows. Sunbeds and umbrellas are not mapped, so ask on arrival what is rented and what is free.
All 27 organized beaches on Kefalonia
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makris Gialos Beach | south-west | Sand | Lifeguard | 44 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort |
| Gradakia | west | – | 22 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Beach resort | ||
| Lourdas Beach | south-west | – | 33 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Beach resort | |||
| Skala beach | east | – | 1111 bars and cafés | 1919 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Ai helis beach | south | Sand | 11 bar or café | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Beach resort | |||
| Ammes Beach | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Beach resort | |||
| Antisamos | north-east | Pebbles | 33 bars and cafés | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Avithos Beach | south-west | – | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Paliostaphida | north-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Beach resort | |||
| Kaminia Beach | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Beach resort | |||
| Petani Beach | north-west | – | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Myrtos Beach | north-west | Pebbles | 11 bar or café | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Platis Gialos Beach | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Elies | east | Pebbles | 33 bars and cafés | 1010 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Katelios | south | – | 55 bars and cafés | 1313 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Saint Barbara Beach | south | – | 66 bars and cafés | 1313 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Aspros Vrachos | west | – | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Karavomilos Beach | north | Pebbles | 11 bar or café | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | |||
| Kaminia Beach | south | – | 22 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Megas Lakkos | south | Sand | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Spartias | south-east | Sand | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Xi | south | Sand | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Agios Thomas Beach | south | – | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Paralia Agia Paraskevi | north-east | Sand | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Pessada Beach | south-east | – | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Vatsa | south-west | – | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Vrachinari | west | – | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking |
Kefalonia: how busy is it, month by month
Kefalonia 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 October.
Visitor levels are nights spent in tourist accommodation in the Ionian Islands 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 Kefalonia are organized?
27 of the 76 mapped beaches on Kefalonia have a beach resort, or bars and tavernas with toilets or parking close by. Among them: Makris Gialos Beach, Gradakia, and Lourdas Beach.
Do organized beaches have sunbeds and umbrellas?
Often, but the map data does not list sunbeds, so we cannot promise it. Check on arrival what is rented and what is free.
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.