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Family beaches in Rhodes
50 beaches in Rhodes 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 50 family beaches on Rhodes
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kokkinogia Beach | south | Sand | 33 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Beach resort | |||
| Pefki Beach | south-west | Sand | 44 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Kiotari Beach | south-east | Sand | 11 bar or café | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Kolymbia Beach | south-east | Sand | 77 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Lindos Beach | east | Sand | 55 bars and cafés | 3636 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Galouni Beach | south-east | Sand | 1515 bars and cafés | 1111 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Tsampika | south-east | Sand | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Gennadi Beach | south-east | Sand | 33 bars and cafés | 1212 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| St. Paul's Beach | north | Sand | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Plakia Beach | south | Sand | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Katafygio beach | north-east | Sand | 33 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Fourni Beach | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Faliraki A | east | Sand | 1010 bars and cafés | 1111 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Kalavarda Beach | north-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Elli Beach | north-east | Pebbles | Lifeguard | 1919 bars and cafés | 2525 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |
| Lindos Beach | east | – | 44 bars and cafés | 1111 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Charaki Beach | south-east | – | 33 bars and cafés | 1616 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Limanaki | south-east | – | 22 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Kardamis Beach | south-east | – | 55 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Aghia Marina Beach | east | – | 33 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | |||
| Zefyros Beach | south-east | – | 55 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Pallas Beach | north-west | – | 33 bars and cafés | 1010 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Oasis | south-east | Pebbles | 11 bar or café | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Faliraki B | east | Sand | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Grande Blue Beach | east | – | 11 bar or café | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Kokkina | south-east | – | 22 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Masari Beach | south-east | Pebbles | 44 bars and cafés | 1414 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Stegna Beach | east | Pebbles | 22 bars and cafés | 1212 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Ladiko Beach | south-east | – | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Windy Beach | north-west | Pebbles | 5555 bars and cafés | 7171 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Agathi Beach | east | – | 11 taverna or restaurant | Beach resort | ||||
| Memi Vrisia Beach | south | – | 11 bar or café | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Ixia Beach | north-west | Pebbles | 99 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Kavos Beach | west | – | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | ||||
| Faliraki 5 | south-east | – | 11 bar or café | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Kalathos Beach | east | Pebbles | 33 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Lardos beach | south | – | Parking | Beach resort | ||||
| Kouloura Beach | west | Pebbles | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Faliraki 2 | south-east | – | Parking | Beach resort | ||||
| Afandou Beach | east | Pebbles | 33 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Kathara beach | east | – | 11 bar or café | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Kieselstein | north | – | 22 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Faliraki 4 | east | – | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Beach resort | ||||
| Faliraki 3 | south-east | Pebbles | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Traounou Beach | south-east | Pebbles | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Kopria Beach | north | – | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |||
| FKK Beach Unofficial | north-east | – | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Mantomata Beach | north-east | – | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Faliraki 1 | south-east | – | Parking | Beach resort | ||||
| Anthony Quinn Beach | north-east | Pebbles | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking |
Rhodes: how busy is it, month by month
Rhodes 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 May and October.
Visitor levels are nights spent in tourist accommodation in the South 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 Rhodes are good for families?
50 of the 68 mapped beaches on Rhodes are easy to reach and have a lifeguard, a place to eat or drink, toilets or a resort nearby. The best fits are Kokkinogia Beach, Pefki Beach, and Kiotari Beach.
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.