The best beaches in Chalkidiki

Sapphire waters, endless sandy dreamy beaches and a vast coastline, with pine trees touching the sea, is the scenery one can admire in Chalkidiki.

It is the ideal place to visit during summer and it is excellent for any group of travelers: singles looking for night entertainment or families with children. Exotic, awarded with 89 Blue Flags in 2018, Chalkidiki gives you 550 km of beach gifts that compete in beauty and win … all!

Starting from the West

Nea Iraklia and Nea Kallikratia are large beaches with white sand and plenty of people. They are very organized, suitable for families.  The traditional taverns of the area serve delicious mezedes and other dishes of Greek cuisine.

Moving further, we meet Nea Plagia, Flogita, Dionysiou Beach and Agios Mamas. Less or more crowded, but all organized, offer dozens of options for those who love water sports, but also for all of you looking for isolation and tranquility in the coves with the crystal clear waters between them.

In Cassandra

Impressive, huge sandy, turquoise waters, organized, with beach bars and facilities for all water sports. From Sani, Fourka, Possidi, Paliouri, Kallithea, to Pefkohori, Polichrono, Hanioti, Kryopigi, Kassandra enchants. Endless hours at sea, family facilities and a cosmopolitan atmosphere, splendid verdant nature that highlights the green-blue waters. Young and old explorers can  set a bow for the quietest sandy beaches, such as Mola Kalyva, Nea Skioni, Glarokavos.

Exotic Sithonia

The coves of Kavourotrypes and Karydi, with the green waters and the whitish sand, will steal your heart. Or,  perhaps, the famous Kalogria, the pine bay of the coast of Kovios with its wonderful waters, Paradise, Nikiti with its organized beach stretching in kilometers?

Sarti attracts the surfers. The beaches of Porto Carras, Spathies, Elia, Kalamitsi, Agios Ioannis are also ideal for all the kinds of tourists. In Toroni you will swim under the archaeological site and in Porto Koufo, the ancient port of Toroneos, you will be shocked by the scenery, as the two steep cliffs close the port, leaving an opening of about 300 meters.

In Sithonia, the large campsites with the wonderful beaches, Armenistis, Koutlumoussis Coast, Kalamitsi, are the little paradises of the specific part of Halkidiki.. Ideal for family holidays, Sithonia offers plenty of choices of accommodation, food and entertainment, and children find their paradise here all day long. Hidden among the busy beaches, beaches such as Azapiko, Abelos, Diaporti with the island Pounta, Aretes (Virtues), Little Elia, will become your precious little secrets, which you will choose with whom you will share!

View to Mount Athos

Ouranoupolis, the gate to the monasteries of Athos, with its impressive tower and its huge, organized coastline, as well as the islands of Ammouliani and Drenia with the turquoise waters, are the “diamonds” on the northwest side of Chalkidiki. The beaches of Kampos, Ierissos, Pyrgos, Debeliki, Kastri, Vina, Xiropotamos, Tripiti will prove to you that even the less famous side of Chalkidiki has unique beauties.

The beaches of Swimming and Sykia will give you the opportunity to swim with views of ancient Stagira, where it is believed to have been born in 384 BC., the Greek philosopher Aristotle.