AEGINA Beaches – Greek Landscapes

Aegina has a few decent beaches that will keep you cool and relaxed over the hot summer months. they can be visited on a day-trip from Athens with a fast catamaran.

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Agia Marina Beach
Aegina Town Beach
Map

Agia Marina Beach

The beach of Agia Marina town, Aegina island — Agia Marina beach with the town right on top of it.

Overall Rating: 3/5
Our Rating of What the Water Feels Like: 2/5
Beach Berm:Sand, Shingle, Large Pebbles, small Pebbles, Rock
Seafloor: Sand, Shingle, Large Pebbles, Small Pebbles, Rock
Access: Good = Paved road all the way to the beach. Parking near the beach
Amenities: Hotel,restaurant, bar at the beach. Town within walking distance.
Organized Beach (trash collection, umbrellas, showers etc.)
RV / Camper Accessibility: Some room for Parking, but otherwise campers are explicitly forbidden.
Snorkeling: Sandy sea floor

Notes: Agia Marina is arguably the best beach of Aegina Island, although in itself it would not be enough to make Aegina a holiday destination. It is near the ancient temple of Aphaia, and as such it could be the first port of call for those who visit Aegina for this exquisite ancient ruin.

The beach is made of soft sand and it is very shallow throughout, making it an ideal place for small children. The way it is crowded by hotels and parasols however, does not make the scenery very attractive.

Aegina Town Beach

Overall Rating: 1/5
Our Rating of What the Water Feels Like: 1/5
Beach Berm: Sand
Seafloor: Sand and rocks
Access: Good = Paved road all the way to the beach. Parking near the beach
Amenities: Town within walking distance
RV / Camper Accessibility: Campers explicitly forbidden
Water Sports: None
Snorkeling: It does not look promising, so we did not snorkel. However, the ruins of the ancient military peer are visible on the beach and it might be fun to see them through a diving mask.

Notes: This is the little sandy patch to the North of Aegina town. It is within walking distance from the peer where the ferries dock so it might be a good place to cool off as you wait to catch a ride to Piraeus or to Poros.

Otherwise, it is not a beach to which anyone would deliberately go out of their way to swim. One of the unique aspects of the beach is that it coincides with the “hidden port”, or the ancient military harbor.

Map

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About Our Beach Rating

Our beach reports are based on personal on-site visits.

Beach Rating Scale:

5 = Superb! Best we visited. We would travel around the world to swim there again.
4 = Excellent. We would travel across Greece to swim there.
3 = Good. We would choose it among other beaches if we were in the area.
2 = Average. We would return to this beach if we were in the area, but not as our first choice.
1 = Disappointing. The beach was fine for one visit. We would return if desperate.

Sea Water Rating Scale:

5 = The sea water felt wonderful and clean. We would go way out of our way to swim there again.
4 = The sea water felt good and we would go out of our way to swim there again.
3 = The water felt nice and clean. We would swim there again if we were in the area.
2 = Nice sea. We had a good swim but did not notice anything special or unusual about the water.
1 = The sea water was not very inviting when we visited.

The beach reports and ratings are based on our simple (and unscientific) observations during our visit.
We enjoy the sea water when it’s crystal-clear and cooler rather than warm. We don’t enjoy swimming among flotsam any kind.
We also like the sand to be clean of debris, and a bit more more coarse than the fine, “sticky” kind. We also prefer the more undeveloped beaches (ie. the ones without bars, music, loud crowds, or salespeople).
Certain beaches we have visited once, while many we have seen several times. It is possible that conditions have changed since our visit, so use these reports as another point of reference in your research.