Iraklia’s coastline combines accessible sandy beaches with remote coves enclosed by cliffs. Livadi is the island’s best all-round beach, while Agios Georgios provides an easy swim beside the port. More adventurous visitors can walk to Vorini Spilia and Tourkopigado or take a boat to Alimia, Karvounolakos and the beaches beneath the cliffs of Merichas. Development…
Arki’s beaches are small, unorganised and remarkably peaceful. There are no beach clubs, rows of sunbeds or waterfront resorts. Instead, visitors find clear water, rocky surroundings and quiet places reached on foot from the island’s harbour settlement. Tiganakia is the outstanding beach and the main reason many travellers visit Arki. Patelia is easier to reach,…
Arki is one of the smallest inhabited islands in the Dodecanese. Located between Patmos and Lipsi, it has a sheltered harbour, a tiny settlement and a scattering of beaches reached along quiet island paths. There are no major attractions, organised tours or busy resorts here. The appeal lies in swimming in clear water, walking through…
Kalamos has one of the more unusual coastlines among the smaller Ionian islands. Much of the island is mountainous and covered in dense pine forest, with small pebble beaches appearing between rocky stretches of coast. The beaches are generally quiet and lightly developed. Several can be reached from the island’s roads or paths, but others…
Meganisi doesn’t have the huge stretches of sand found on some Greek islands. Instead, its coastline twists around small bays, coves and secluded beaches surrounded by green Ionian scenery. The island has more than 30 kilometres of coastline despite covering only about 22 square kilometres, and many of its smallest beaches can only be reached…
Astypalaia is one of those Greek islands that doesn’t fit neatly into a single island group. Officially part of the Dodecanese, it lies between the Cyclades and the other Dodecanese islands, and visually it borrows something from both. Whitewashed houses and blue details give parts of the island a Cycladic appearance, while its history and…
Patmos is unlike most Greek islands. It has beaches, whitewashed villages and waterfront restaurants, but its identity is shaped just as strongly by religious history, medieval architecture and pilgrimage. According to Christian tradition, Saint John the Theologian received the visions that became the Book of Revelation while living on Patmos around AD 95. Centuries later,…
Leros doesn’t have one famous beach that dominates every postcard. Its appeal is different. The island’s deeply indented coastline creates a collection of bays, coves and beaches, ranging from the organised shoreline at Alinda and the fishing-village atmosphere of Panteli to the darker sand and shallow water of Gourna and more secluded places that require…
Ammouliani is easy to overlook on a map of Greece. At only around 4.5 square kilometres, it is the only inhabited island of Central Macedonia, sitting just off the coast of Halkidiki opposite the Mount Athos peninsula. Yet its small size is one of its advantages. You can swim at a different beach, explore the…
Ammouliani may cover only around 4.5 square kilometres, but beaches are one of the strongest reasons to stay on the island rather than simply visit for the day. The coastline ranges from the popular and well-organised Alykes Beach to quieter bays such as Karagatsia, the broad sands of Megali Ammos, and more secluded places such…
Antipaxos may cover only around four square kilometres, but its beaches are the main reason thousands of visitors make the short boat journey from neighbouring Paxos. The island is famous for remarkably clear turquoise water, pale sand and pebbles, and a largely undeveloped coastline. Greece’s official tourism organisation highlights Voutoumi, Vrika, Mesovrika, Rodovani and Sarakiniko…
Just off the northern tip of Karpathos lies one of the wildest islands in the Dodecanese. Saria has no conventional tourist resorts, hotels or busy waterfront tavernas. Instead, visitors come for rugged landscapes, clear water, secluded beaches, hiking and the remains of settlements that reveal a surprisingly rich history. Saria is separated from Karpathos by…