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Sandy beaches in Rhodes
22 beaches in Rhodes with sand underfoot. Re-ranked live, so the one with the flattest sea today comes first.
These are the beaches on Rhodes 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 22 sandy beaches on Rhodes
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Meltemi shelter (0–100) | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourni Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Plakia Beach | south | Sand | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| St. Thomas Beach | south-west | Sand | 96 | Parking | |||||
| Kokkinogia Beach | south | Sand | 95 | 33 bars and cafés | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Beach resort | |||
| Pefki Beach | south-west | Sand | 95 | 44 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Glystra Beach | south-east | Sand | 94 | Toilets | Parking | ||||
| Prasonisi | south-east | Sand | 94 | Parking | |||||
| St. Paul's Beach | north | Sand | 93 | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Kiotari Beach | south-east | Sand | 91 | 11 bar or café | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Kolymbia Beach | south-east | Sand | 88 | 77 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Lindos Beach | east | Sand | 88 | 55 bars and cafés | 3636 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Galouni Beach | south-east | Sand | 87 | 1515 bars and cafés | 1111 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Tsampika | south-east | Sand | 85 | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Gennadi Beach | south-east | Sand | 57 | 33 bars and cafés | 1212 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Kalovriaki Beach | south-east | Sand | 52 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||||
| Lachania Beach | south-east | Sand | 39 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||||
| Katafygio beach | north-east | Sand | 34 | 33 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Faliraki beach | south-east | Sand | 32 | ||||||
| Faliraki B | east | Sand | 5 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Faliraki A | east | Sand | 0 | 1010 bars and cafés | 1111 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Kalavarda Beach | north-west | Sand | 0 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Vlycha Beach | north-east | Sand | 0 |
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
Where are the sandy beaches in Rhodes?
22 of the 68 mapped beaches on Rhodes are tagged as sand, for example Fourni Beach, Plakia Beach, and St. Thomas 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.