Top 10 Best beaches in greece| Travel Ideas

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Lalaria Beach

Skiathos

What words could capture the magic of Lalaria? Skiathos’ trademark island has often won the title of most stunning beach as its fame has spread around the world. Its emerald water and smooth white pebbles under towering rockface attract dozens of boats daily, loaded with eager visitors who can’t wait to see it up close.

A boat trip to Skiathos’ remote and wild Lalaria beach

Sarakiniko Beach

Milos

Milky white volcanic rocks as soft as chalk, sculpted into intriguing shapes by the wind and waves on the northern coast of Milos. There’s a deep gulf with green water that turns every shade of blue as you get further from shore. Psychedelic.

Landing on the lunar landscape of Sarakiniko beach

Kolymbithres Beach

Paros

This famous beach tucked into the bay of Naoussa, in northern Paros, has gorgeous blue-green water and smooth greyish rocks chiselled into phantasmagorical shapes and interspersed with delicious golden coves of varying sizes.

Shipwreck Bay (Navagio)

Zakynthos

Who could have imagined that an old boat called Panayiotis would be the star of thousands of snapshots and videos that have pushed Zakynthos to fame the world over?

A boat trip to Shipwreck beach in Zakynthos

"Navagio" beach, white cliffs, turquoise water and white sand

The beach where it ran aground forms a magical setting with its sheer white cliffs, turquoise water and white sand. You’ll definitely be tempted to dive right into its unbelievable clear water.

Super Paradise Beach

Mykonos

The beaches of Mykonos have won fame as the best in the Aegean, thanks to their crystalline waters and golden sand, not to mention multi-starred service and flawless organisation. One of the most impressive lives up to its name, Super Paradise, a vast sandy bay with translucent turquoise water. Dive in, open your eyes before you surface and you’ll know at once why it ranks as one of the best in Greece.

Myrtos Beach

Kefalonia

This amazing beach between Assos and Argostoli, on Kefalonia, is literally breathtaking. Unquestionably the most famous on the island, it must be included in any top beach list for Greece. White sand, fine pebbles, azure waters at the foot of impossibly high cliffs – once seen, it’s unforgettable.

The wild beauty of Kefalonia’s Myrtos beach

Canal D' Amour Beach

Corfu

Between Corfu’s Sidari and Peroulades, this surreal setting has to be seen to be believed: white sculpted rocks, grottoes, little beaches, blue-green water. And among the unusual formations, the Canal d’Amour stands out. They say that whoever swims the narrow opening in the rock will find the love of their life on the other side.

Porto Katsiki Beach

Lefkada

This beach, at the foot of an enormous white cliff that turns orange with the sunset, has been voted one of the six best in the entire Mediterranean. On an island renowned for its beaches, that is some accolade.

The majesty of Porto Katsiki beach on Lefkada

Balos Beach

Crete

Another of the most exotic beaches in Greece that’s considered one of the finest in the Med, Balos lies in western Crete near Kissamos. Here the sand glistens pink and white, the water combines the most dazzling shades of blue and green, while the islet of Gramvousa, with its Venetian castle, adds a fairy-tale note to the scene.

Be mesmerised at Crete's Balos beach

Voidokoilia Beach

Western Messinia, Peloponnese

Photos of this beach in Messinia have gone viral. The white sand that surrounds the delicious blue-green water is such a perfect semicircle one suspects a draughtsman’s hand. The unspoiled environment behind it is yet another reason why this ranks among Greece’s top ten beaches.

Instagrammable Voidokilia Beach