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Family beaches in Peloponnese
91 beaches in Peloponnese 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 91 family beaches on Peloponnese
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karathona Beach | south-west | Sand | Lifeguard | 44 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | |
| Psili Ammos beach | south-east | Sand | Lifeguard | 55 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |
| Arkoudi | south | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Kalamata Beach | south-west | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Paralia Arvanitia | south | Sand | 99 bars and cafés | 1616 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Paralia Gialova | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 55 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Agios Andreas | south-west | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Kalogria | west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Paralia Methonis | south-east | Sand | 44 bars and cafés | 1010 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Sandhill | west | Sand | 55 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Plaz Paraliou Astrous | south-east | Sand | 77 bars and cafés | 99 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Paralia Gialova | south-west | Sand | 33 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | ||||
| Plaz Paraliou Astrous | east | Sand | 66 bars and cafés | 99 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | |||
| Loutsa | south | Sand | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Kalogria Beach | west | Sand | 55 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Paralia Asinis | south | Sand | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Karavostasi | south | Sand | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | |||
| Memi | south-east | Sand | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Mavrovouni Beach | south-east | Pebbles | Lifeguard | 33 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort |
| Kandia beach | south | Sand | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Tsapi | south | Sand | 22 tavernas and restaurants | |||||
| Pounta | south | Sand | 22 tavernas and restaurants | |||||
| Agia Marina Beach | south-west | Sand | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Vordonas beach | south-east | Sand | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Agia Barbara beach | south-east | Sand | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Kavos | south-west | Sand | 11 taverna or restaurant | Beach resort | ||||
| Zaga | south-east | Sand | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Filoxenia Beach | south-west | Sand | Parking | Beach resort | ||||
| Lykoporia beach | north | Sand | 22 tavernas and restaurants | |||||
| Artani | south | – | 11 bar or café | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Kastraki | south | – | 33 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Ritsa | south-west | Pebbles | 66 bars and cafés | 1111 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Kalamata Beach | south | – | 33 bars and cafés | 1010 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Paralia Kourouta | south-west | – | 22 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Nea Kios beach | south-east | Pebbles | 22 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Oasi | south-east | – | 33 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Oitylo | west | – | 11 bar or café | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Stoupa Beach | west | – | 33 bars and cafés | 1515 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Vriniotis Beach | south-west | – | 22 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Romanos | south-west | – | 22 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Salio Beach | south-west | – | 1010 bars and cafés | 1313 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Halikoura Beach | west | – | 22 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Vathi Beach | south-east | – | 22 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Petrochori | west | – | 11 bar or café | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Pahia ammos | south | – | 11 bar or café | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Myli beach | east | Pebbles | 22 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Lepitsa | west | – | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Paralia Ritsa | south-west | Pebbles | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Paralia Ritsa 2i | south-west | Pebbles | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Kiveri Beach | east | – | 33 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Kalamia | north-west | Pebbles | 66 bars and cafés | 1010 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Ksiropigado Beach | east | Pebbles | 22 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | |||
| Akoli | north | Pebbles | 22 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Alyki | north | – | 55 bars and cafés | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Akoli | north | Pebbles | 11 bar or café | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Porto Kagio | north-east | – | 22 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Pantazi Beach | south-west | – | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Tigania beach | south-west | Pebbles | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Viandini (Vourkos) beach | south-west | Pebbles | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Kotronas beach | south | – | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets |
Showing 60 of 91 beaches. Use the beach finder above for the full ranked list.
Peloponnese: how busy is it, month by month
Peloponnese is busiest in August. In May, June, 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 Peloponnese 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 Peloponnese are good for families?
91 of the 213 mapped beaches on Peloponnese are easy to reach and have a lifeguard, a place to eat or drink, toilets or a resort nearby. The best fits are Karathona Beach, Psili Ammos beach, and Arkoudi.
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.