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Organized beaches in Thessaloniki
8 beaches in Thessaloniki with facilities: a mapped beach resort, or bars and tavernas close by with toilets or parking. Ranked live for today's wind.
An organized beach here is mapped as a beach resort, or has at least 2 bars, cafés or tavernas within 300 m together with toilets or a car park. This is what the map shows. Sunbeds and umbrellas are not mapped, so ask on arrival what is rented and what is free.
All 8 organized beaches on Thessaloniki
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| paralia Neon Vrasnon | east | Sand | 1010 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Beach resort | ||
| paralia Platania | north-east | – | 99 bars and cafés | 88 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Akti Siamo | south | – | 44 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Beach resort | |||
| paralia Milies | east | – | 99 bars and cafés | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Paralia Peraias | north-west | Sand | 1414 bars and cafés | 2020 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| paralia Stavrou | north-east | – | 1010 bars and cafés | 1313 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Plaz Aretsous | south-west | – | 1010 bars and cafés | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Paralia Neas Michanionas | west | Sand | 11 bar or café | 44 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking |
Thessaloniki: how busy is it, month by month
Thessaloniki 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 June and July.
Visitor levels are nights spent in tourist accommodation in the Central Macedonia 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 Thessaloniki are organized?
8 of the 17 mapped beaches on Thessaloniki have a beach resort, or bars and tavernas with toilets or parking close by. Among them: paralia Neon Vrasnon, paralia Platania, and Akti Siamo.
Do organized beaches have sunbeds and umbrellas?
Often, but the map data does not list sunbeds, so we cannot promise it. Check on arrival what is rented and what is free.
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.