Holiday to Parga – The beaches

Parga has a great mixture of beaches, some sand, some shingle, some quiet and others more lively. We decided to try as many as possible so here is what we thought.

Parga Town beach/Krioneri – This was the beach that was right at the end of our balcony, this meant it got rather busy as it was the closest beach to the town

It was predominately fine shingle with a little bit of sand. The water was clear and warm, there was a little bit of seaweed once you got a bit further out but this seemed to attract some rather large fish so it was good for snorkeling.

The beach was very clean as the sunbed owners used to clean it every morning, this was probably reflected in the price for 2 beds and a brolly being 8 Euros per day which is the most expensive we came across.

Piso Krioniri – This was a small cove 2 minutes walk from our room

This was a lovely little cove, the beach was mainly fine shingle and there weren’t that many sunbeds (6 euros for the day here) on it so it didn’t get too busy, The sea was lovely and clear, and for the most part it was nice and flat so made for excellent swimming and snorkeling although there was a fair bit of seaweed.

The beach was complimented by stunning views of the surrounding hillside and couple of nice tavernas, one did wicked take away pizzas.

There also seemed to be a lot of locals fishing from the rocks at the end of the cove, next time i might try taking my fishing rod and see what happens.

Valtos Beach – This is the biggest of Parga’s beaches and was located about 20 minutes from our hotel, we walked to it via the castle on the hill.

Because it was end of season Valtos was quite quiet and the sunbeds only cost 5 Euros, as a result most of the water sports weren’t on so it was quite nice, i can imagine in the summer season it gets very busy and noisy.

The beach was quite sandy and the first few meters of the sea were sandy too, but after that it was mainly seaweed, it wasn’t quite as good for snorkeling as the other beaches, probably due to it’s size and the number of boats passing.

There was also a long strip of bars and restaurants, so you had plenty of choice for food and drink.

Lichnos – This was our favourite beach and was about 3 miles from the hotel, we walked there and back through the stunning olive groves. which was quite hard work in the heat as it was basically up and then down a rather large hill. For the less adventurous there were regular water taxis here.

Again the beach was fine shingle and a little bit of sand, the sunbeds were 6 Euros per day and the snorkeling was excellent.

The sea was really calm and really clear, it also got deep quite quickly but you could see evertything around you, there were lots of fish and they seemed to be quite brave, swimming up to you and nibbling your feet if you stood/floated still.

I can see the beach getting really busy in the peak seasons as most people will jump on the water taxis.

There were a couple of bars lining the beach which sold food, cold drinks and ice cream, we only bought drinks so can’t comment on the food.

Overall we were really impressed with the quality and number of beaches, so if you like your beach holidays, snorkeling, diving or fishing then Parga could be the place for you.

There are also a few more beaches, further out of Parga but we have left those until our next visit we also visited a beach on Anti-Paxos but more on that in another post.

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