Platys Gialos Beach View Map
This is an extensive beach side community. You will find plenty of hotels, rooms for rent, apartments, villas (private and rental), mini markets, tavernas, restaurants, souvenir shops and beach bars. There are places to lay a towel or sun beds and umbrellas are available for rent. Protection from the wind is provided by the surounding hill sides and the fact that most of the restaurants and some of the hotels are located right on the beach.
This is a convenient, family-friendly beach including several playgrounds. A sandy beach, equipped with a life guard on duty, offering a perfect shallow shoreline for children to play in. While lounging on the beach or around one of the swimming pools watch the sun glistening on the sea like diamonds. A wide - ranging water sports area with water skiing, jet skis, all kinds of towable tubes, banana boat water sleds and parasailing is offered here.
Platys Gialos Beach stays alive well into the evening. Watch the sun sink over the hill side and then take the opportunity to stroll along the beach or sit to enjoy a glass of wine or a meal under the stars watching the lights reflecting on the sea. If you are looking for traditional Greek dancing you might catch Greek Night offered by at least one of the tavernas or one of the hotels.
To arrive at Platys Gialos Beach you can take frequent public transportation, rental car - motorbike (though parking is somewhat limited). You can easily access most southern beaches via boat / caique that originate from or return to the cement dock on the right side of the beach. Local fishermen bring in their catch of the day to this dock and if your timing is right you can see them unloading the fish from their nets before delivering their catch to the tavernas and restaurants on the beach. Platy Gialos Beach is an easy walk to the beaches of Agia Anna and Paraga, just follow the gentle footpath to the left. Next to the footpath is an outcropping of rocks to climb on or discover sealife.
Try your luck fishing at a beach bar or the water, if you are unable to catch anything, maybe there is something wrong with the bait.