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Family beaches in Thasos
28 beaches in Thasos 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 28 family beaches on Thasos
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Alyki | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Skala Maries | west | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Potos | south-west | Sand | 66 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | |||
| Platanes | west | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Chryssi Ammoudia | south-east | Sand | 11 bar or café | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Astris | south-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Scala Sotiros | west | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | ||||
| Scala Rachoni | north-west | Sand | 44 bars and cafés | 77 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Ilio Mare | west | Sand | 33 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Anapsiktirio | east | Sand | 33 tavernas and restaurants | |||||
| San Antonio | south-west | Sand | 22 tavernas and restaurants | |||||
| Dasylio | north | Sand | 55 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Karnagio | north-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Beach resort | ||
| Pachys | west | Sand | 22 bars and cafés | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | |||
| Chrysi Akti | north-east | Sand | 44 bars and cafés | 1515 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Scala Kallirachis | north-west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | |||
| Paradise Beach | east | Sand | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Pefkari | south-west | Pebbles | 22 bars and cafés | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Limanaki | north-west | – | 33 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | Beach resort | |
| Agios Vasileios | north | – | 11 bar or café | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Agios Ioannis | south | Sand and pebbles | 11 bar or café | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Metalia | south-west | – | 11 bar or café | Toilets | Parking | |||
| Skala Prinou | west | Sand and pebbles | 22 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | ||||
| Papu | north-west | – | 33 tavernas and restaurants | |||||
| Kinira | east | Pebbles | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Hara | north-west | – | 11 taverna or restaurant | Toilets | ||||
| Tarsanas | north | – | 11 bar or café | Toilets | Parking |
Thasos: how busy is it, month by month
Thasos is busiest in August. In May, September, and October there are about half as many visitors, or fewer. For a flat sea and fewer people, the best months are June and September.
Visitor levels are nights spent in tourist accommodation in the East Macedonia and Thrace 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 Thasos are good for families?
28 of the 62 mapped beaches on Thasos are easy to reach and have a lifeguard, a place to eat or drink, toilets or a resort nearby. The best fits are Alexandra, Alyki, and Skala Maries.
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.