Naxos Island Greece Beaches

Naxos offers some of the very best sandy beaches on any of the Greek Islands. Running south from Naxos town (Chora) are 18km of fine sandy beaches, many of which are backed by sand dunes.

Beaches nearer Naxos offer good access via a tarmac road with those further south offering seclusion and privacy. Starting in Naxos itself Agios Georgios Beach is a beautiful beach offering safe bathing in gently shelving waters. The beach is ideal for children, beach games and sunbathing while being close to hotels and restaurants. For those staying in the St. Georges district of Naxos town, this beach is only a minute or two away from your hotel door. At the south end of Agios Georges beach the excellent Flisvos wind surfing school . Here the beach is shallow and sandy under foot if you fall off and is about a 10 minute walk along the beach from Naxos itself.

Naxos most popular beaches are on the south western side of the island, which are made up of kilometers of white golden sand, are being developed rapidly, but at the same time still maintain some of the atmosphere of the seventies when they were discovered by the "flower people".

At the end of the beach the coast road splits with the right fork leading to Agios prokopios beach. This is a large beach with a good supply of bars and restaurants nearby. Taking the left fork leads to the Agia Anna beach. Both of these beaches are served by a regular bus service from Naxos town . This is also a long beach backed by a good selection of bars and eating places. Both of these beaches offer a choice of accommodation with Agios Prokopios tending to cater for the budget conscious and Agia Anna being a little more high class. The made up road ends at Agia Anna with a sandy track now leading on down the coast to Golden Beach and Plaka beach.

Golden beach is very much as the name suggests, golden. With no 'made up' road these beaches are quiet and offer peace and seclusion away from the usual tourist areas. For those hiring a car these beaches are easily accessible from either the Agia Anna road or from the road leading down from Tripodes through Plakas. Driving time from Naxos will be about 20 minutes.

Moving on further south you will find a number of isolated beaches and coves between Agia Paraskevi and Pyrgaki which can be reached by taking the road south from Tripodes. The furthest south this road runs is to the lovely bay at Agiassos. The road passes coves and beaches ideal for private sun bathing and total relaxation. Driving time to Agiassos is about 35 minutes.