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| Glyfada beach , Corfu, Greece beach Travel
Information
The beautiful holidays apartments surrounded by lush
vegetation overlooking the beautiful golden sandy bay of Glyfada, the most known
in Corfu.
The distance to Corfu town and the airport is approximately
14 km, and to the nearest famous village of Pelekas, where Kaiser used to admire
the unique sunset from his special wide observation balcony, approximately 5 km.
Around Glyfada beach you can find some Tavernas, music bars, supermarkt
and many kinds of watersports.
The blue flag awarded, Glyfada Beach
is one of the most popular Corfu beaches, packed with swimmers and sunbathers
at all times of the day. It is found at the west side of the village and in distance
16 km from the Corfu town. It is extended around the foothill of Pelekasvillage.
Glyfada Beach is long, wide and sandy and caters mainly to young people as it
offers several beach bars and cafes. It is well-organized with water sports facilities,
long chairs and umbrellas.
Sometimes the area is windy, causing the sea
to become wavy. Near the beach is a wide range of hotels, rooms for rent, apartments
and studios. Also some of the nicest Corfu beach bars. Glyfada is a very popular
tourist resort, especially for people who like swimming and sea sports. Every
summer there take part a beach volley tournament. You can do water-ski, jet-ski
or rent a sea bicycle and have fun with your friends. Near to Glyfada beach, are
found the Ermones golf course of Corfu and the Equestrian Club. In the same region
is also found the Aqua land, the marine park that offers hours of amusement to
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Top Beaches |  |
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Alonissos Beach | | Alonissos has some
of the cleanest water in the Aegean, but it's lacking in sandy beaches. There's
only two really - Vythisma and Vrysitsa. The rest vary from rough to fine pebbles..
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| Khryssi
Milia Beach | | Khryssi Milia, the first
good beach, has pine trees behind the sand and a taverna. At Kokkinokastro, over
the hill to the north, excavations have revealed the site of ancient Ikos and
evidence of the oldest known prehistoric habitation in the Aegean. There's nothing
much to see, but it's a beautiful spot with a good red-pebble beach, and, in July
and August, a daytime bar. | | |
| Vythisma
Beach | | Vythisma, the lovely beach just
before Megalos Mourtias, can only be reached by boat, the path here having been
washed out. Further north, visible from Palea Alonissos, Vrysitsa is tucked into
its own finger-like inlet. There's sand and a taverna, but little else. |
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| Crete
Beach | | But when you lose yourself among
the mountains, or on the lesser-known coastal reaches of the south, it has everything
you could want of a Greek island and more: great beaches, remote hinterlands and
hospitable people. | | |
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Kalamos | | Another island beach is at
Kalamos: get off the Manganari bus at the turning for Kalamos, which leaves you
with a four-kilometre walk. | | |
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Myrtos Beach | | The journey between Argostoli
and Fiskardho, by regular bus or rented vehicle, is the most spectacular ride
in the archipelago. Leaving town, the road rises into the Evmorfia foothills and,
beyond Agonas, clings to near-sheer cliffs as it heads for Dhivarata, which has
a smattering of rooms and is the stop for Myrtos beach. | |
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Megas Lakkos | | Half-hourly ferries
(hourly in winter) ply between the capital and Lixouri throughout the day until
midnight. Lixouri's nearest beach is Lipedha, a two-kilometre walk south. Like
the Xi and Megas Lakkos beaches (served by bus from Lixouri and both with restaurants
and accommodation), it has rich-red sand and is backed by low cliffs. |
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| Pefkoulia
Beach | | Tsoukaladhes, just 6km from
Lefkadha, is developing a roadside tourism business, but better beaches lie a
short distance to the south, so there's very little reason to stay here. Four
kilometres on, the road plunges down to the sand-and-pebble Pefkoulia beach, one
of the longest on the island, | | |
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Mylos Beach | | Sea taxisply between AI
Nikitas and Mylos beach, or it's a 45-minute walk (or bus ride) to the most popular
beach on the coast, Kathisma, a shadeless kilometre of fine sand, which becomes
nudist and a lot less crowded beyond the large jutting rocks halfway along. |
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Myconos | | The closest beaches to town
are those to the north, at Tourlos (only 2km away but horrid) and Ayios Stefanos
(4km, much better), both developed resorts and connected by a very regular bus
service to Mykonos Town. There are tavernas and rooms to let (as well as package
hotels) at Ayios Stefanos, away from the beach. | |
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