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Beaches with bars in Lemnos
15 beaches in Lemnos 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 15 beaches with bars on Lemnos
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romeikos Gialos | west | – | 1414 bars and cafés | 1111 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |
| Platy Beach | south-west | – | 66 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |
| Tourkikos Gialos | west | – | 55 bars and cafés | 1010 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking |
| Richa nera | west | – | 55 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |
| Thanos Beach | south-west | – | 22 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |
| Zematas Beach | north-west | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | |||
| Mikro Fanaraki Beach | south | – | 11 bar or café | Toilets | Parking | |
| Keros | south-east | – | 11 bar or café | Parking | ||
| Havouli | west | – | 11 bar or café | |||
| Kotsinas Beach | north-east | Sand | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | ||
| Keros | south-east | – | 11 bar or café | Toilets | ||
| Avlonas | north-west | – | 11 bar or café | Parking | ||
| Keros | east | – | 11 bar or café | Toilets | ||
| Fanaraki | north-west | – | 11 bar or café | Toilets | Parking | |
| Makrys Ghialos Beach | east | – | 11 bar or café | Parking |
Lemnos: how busy is it, month by month
Lemnos 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 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 Lemnos have a beach bar?
15 of the 41 mapped beaches on Lemnos have a bar or café within 300 m, for example Romeikos Gialos, Platy Beach, and Tourkikos Gialos. 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.