Exotic sands

Xi Beach

Lixouri, Kefalonia · 🇬🇷 Greece

Notable⚑ Blue FlagEurope

Brick-red sand and warm shallows beneath white clay cliffs that bathers use as a natural spa. Kefalonia's strangest shore.

Expect a sea temperature of roughly 26°C at Xi Beach (Lixouri, Kefalonia, Greece) in high summer; the season runs Jun-Sep. It holds Blue Flag status for bathing-water quality and safety.

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Sea temperature: ~26°C in the warm season
Water: Warm, shallow and calm, tinted milky by the clay
Sand: Deep russet-red clay sand, fine and smooth underfoot
Swimming: Very shallow and family-safe a long way out
Best time to visit: Jun-Sep
Setting: Low chalk-white clay cliffs on the Paliki peninsula south of Lixouri; bathers daub themselves in the clay
Beach type: Exotic sands
Blue Flag: Yes
Region: Europe