Beaches with Beach Bars and Tavernas in Kefalonia

Food & drinks: Golden sand, shallow turquoise water and full beach-club infrastructure (sunbeds, beach bars, water sports, lifeguard) make it the most family-friendly organised beach near the capital.

Makris Gialos is the larger of the two well-known Lassi beaches, just a few kilometres south of Argostoli. Golden sand, shallow turquoise water and full beach-club infrastructure (sunbeds, beach bars, water sports, lifeguard) make it the most family-friendly organised beach near the capital.

Type

Sandy

Wave conditions

Calm

Parking

Small lot

Certification

Blue Flag

Food & drinks: The resort village behind the beach has tavernas, beach bars and full water-sports operations.

Skala stretches for nearly three kilometres along the southeast coast, a long strip of fine pebbles and coarse sand with shallow, calm water and views across to the small island of Atokos. The resort village behind the beach has tavernas, beach bars and full water-sports operations.

Type

Mixed

Wave conditions

Calm

Parking

Small lot

Certification

Blue Flag

Food & drinks: The bay served as a primary filming location for Captain Corelli's Mandolin and remains one of Kefalonia's most polished organised beaches, with sunbeds, a beach bar and a taverna at the back of the cove.

Antisamos sits in a green amphitheatre of hills about 4 km east of the port of Sami, with crystal-clear water over white pebbles and a deep drop-off close to shore. The bay served as a primary filming location for Captain Corelli's Mandolin and remains one of Kefalonia's most polished organised beaches, with sunbeds,…

Type

Mixed

Wave conditions

Calm

Parking

Small lot

Food & drinks: It is partly organised with sunbeds, a taverna and a beach bar, but quieter than the Lassi beaches a few kilometres north.

Avithos is a sandy beach south of Argostoli, set in an open bay with a small islet (Dias) visible offshore. It is partly organised with sunbeds, a taverna and a beach bar, but quieter than the Lassi beaches a few kilometres north. The sand is reddish-gold and the water deepens gradually.

Type

Sandy

Wave conditions

Calm

Parking

Small lot

Food & drinks: It is one of the quieter long beaches on Kefalonia — only partly organised, with a handful of tavernas spaced along the shore and the rest open and undeveloped.

Lourdas (also Lourdata) is a long crescent of fine pebbles and sand on the south coast, sitting at the foot of Mount Ainos. It is one of the quieter long beaches on Kefalonia — only partly organised, with a handful of tavernas spaced along the shore and the rest open and undeveloped.

Type

Mixed

Wave conditions

Calm

Parking

Roadside

Food & drinks: beach bar, food service recorded in our verified inventory.

Myrtos is the most photographed beach in Kefalonia and one of the most recognisable in Greece — a long crescent of fine white pebbles wedged between two near-vertical limestone mountains on the northwest coast. The combination of the white seafloor and the deep Ionian water produces an unreal turquoise colour.

Type

Mixed

Wave conditions

Moderate

Parking

Small lot

Food & drinks: A small taverna and bar sit at the access road;

Petani is the western counterpart to Myrtos — a dramatic white-pebble bay framed by tall cliffs on the Lixouri peninsula, with the same deep-blue water but a longer, less-crowded shoreline. A small taverna and bar sit at the access road; the beach itself is partly organised with sunbeds.

Type

Pebble

Wave conditions

Moderate

Parking

Small lot

Food & drinks: A beach bar and the adjoining hotel terraces serve the beach in season.

Platis Gialos is the smaller sandy cove immediately north of Makris Gialos in the Lassi resort area. The bay is sheltered with calm, shallow water and is connected to its larger neighbour by a short coastal walk. A beach bar and the adjoining hotel terraces serve the beach in season.

Type

Sandy

Wave conditions

Calm

Parking

Roadside

Food & drinks: beach bar, food service recorded in our verified inventory.

Xi (pronounced "ksee") is unlike any other beach in Kefalonia: a long flat strip of pink-orange clay sand backed by white sedimentary cliffs that bathers use as a natural mud-mask. The water stays shin-deep for many metres out, making it the most family-suited beach on the island.

Type

Sandy

Wave conditions

Calm

Parking

Small lot

Food & drinks: A single taverna serves the cove.

Foki is a small pebble beach tucked into a cypress-and-pine grove just south of Fiskardo, on Kefalonia's northeast tip. The setting is unusually green for a Greek island, with shade from the trees reaching almost to the water — rare on a Kefalonian beach. A single taverna serves the cove.

Type

Pebble

Wave conditions

Calm

Parking

Roadside