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Sandy beaches in Peloponnese
60 beaches in Peloponnese with sand underfoot. Re-ranked live, so the one with the flattest sea today comes first.
These are the beaches on Peloponnese 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 60 sandy beaches on Peloponnese
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Meltemi shelter (0–100) | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkoudi | south | Sand | 96 | 22 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Charachia | south-west | Sand | 96 | Toilets | |||||
| Filoxenia Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | Parking | Beach resort | ||||
| Glifada | south-west | Sand | 96 | ||||||
| Glossa Beach (nudist) | east | Sand | 96 | ||||||
| Kalamata Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 22 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Kandia beach | south | Sand | 96 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Kavos | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Beach resort | ||||
| Loutsa | south | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Mikro Marathi | south | Sand | 96 | ||||||
| Paralia Arvanitia | south | Sand | 96 | 99 bars and cafés | 1616 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Paralia Gialova | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | 55 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Paralia Gialova | south-west | Sand | 96 | 33 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | ||||
| Trinisa Beach | south | Sand | 96 | ||||||
| Tsapi | south | Sand | 96 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | |||||
| Agios Andreas | south-west | Sand | 95 | 22 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Divari | south | Sand | 95 | 11 bar or café | Parking | ||||
| Kondyli beach | south-west | Sand | 95 | ||||||
| Mavrovouni | south | Sand | 95 | 11 bar or café | |||||
| Nisakoulia | west | Sand | 95 | ||||||
| Paralia Stomio | west | Sand | 95 | Parking | |||||
| Valtaki beach | south-east | Sand | 95 | ||||||
| Karathona Beach | south-west | Sand | 94 | Lifeguard | 44 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | |
| Koubares | south | Sand | 94 | Parking | |||||
| Mati | south-west | Sand | 94 | 11 bar or café | |||||
| Paralia Asinis | south | Sand | 94 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Pounta | south | Sand | 94 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | |||||
| Psili Ammos beach | south-east | Sand | 94 | Lifeguard | 55 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |
| Kalamakia beach | south-east | Sand | 93 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Kalogria | west | Sand | 93 | 11 bar or café | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Megalo Marathi | west | Sand | 93 | ||||||
| Paralia Fournon | west | Sand | 93 | ||||||
| Paralia Methonis | south-east | Sand | 93 | 44 bars and cafés | 1010 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Paralia Salanti | west | Sand | 93 | ||||||
| Sandhill | west | Sand | 93 | 55 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Voidokilia beach | west | Sand | 93 | ||||||
| Zaga | south-east | Sand | 93 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Karavostasi | south | Sand | 92 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | |||
| Agia Marina Beach | south-west | Sand | 91 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Memi | south-east | Sand | 91 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Limani | north-west | Sand | 89 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Plaz Paraliou Astrous | south-east | Sand | 89 | 77 bars and cafés | 99 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Vordonas beach | south-east | Sand | 89 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Agia Barbara beach | south-east | Sand | 85 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Kryfi | east | Sand | 84 | 11 bar or café | Parking | ||||
| Petrothalassa | south-east | Sand | 82 | ||||||
| Paralia Leventochoriou | north-west | Sand | 80 | ||||||
| Pori | east | Sand | 77 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Kryoneri | south-east | Sand | 74 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||||
| Plaz Paraliou Astrous | east | Sand | 58 | 66 bars and cafés | 99 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | |||
| Kalogria Beach | west | Sand | 55 | 55 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Small Gianiskari beach | west | Sand | 48 | ||||||
| Gliati | east | Sand | 44 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||||
| Kartela | west | Sand | 40 | ||||||
| Gialos | north | Sand | 29 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Kounoupeli | north | Sand | 21 | ||||||
| Kounoupelaki | north-west | Sand | 20 | 11 bar or café | |||||
| Lykoporia beach | north | Sand | 15 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | |||||
| Falari | west | Sand | 14 | Toilets | Parking | ||||
| Brinia | west | Sand | 13 |
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
Where are the sandy beaches in Peloponnese?
60 of the 213 mapped beaches on Peloponnese are tagged as sand, for example Arkoudi, Charachia, and Filoxenia 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.