Livadi Beach
The port of Livadi is the busiest place on the island but it's not the best place to spend a day on the beach. The harbourside is flanked by bars and cafes and the long horseshoe-shaped bay is a constant hive of activity with ferries docking and departing and island-hopping yachts coming ashore in their dinghies. The sand is hard-packed and the water tends to be muddy, full of seaweed and prone to jellyfish. Enjoy lunch here in one of the waterfront tavernas but for swimming, sunbathing and watersports you'll be better off at popular Livadakia Beach 700 metres south along the coast. |
Psili Ammos
about one hour's walk north of Livadi or you can reach it by moped along a bumpy track. It's a magnificent, sheltered beach with beautiful sand, deep clear water and a couple of good tavernas which tend to get very crowded in the summer months. Naturists head about 10 minutes further north along the coast across the headland to Agios Ioannis. There are no tourist facilities here and the beach is quite exposed to the high winds which tend to whip up at a moment's notice. |
Megalo Livadi
Megalo Livadi is a remote and quiet beach eight kilometres south west of Hora. There are a couple of good taverns here with tables right beside the beach. |
Platys Yialos
Platys Yialos is in a sheltered cove at the north eastern tip of Serifos near the 15th century Moni Taxiarchon monastery. You can reach it on a moped or motorbike via a partly paved track. The neighbouring beach has a taverna and some basic rooms to let. |
Livadakia Beach
Livadakia is a huge sandy beach fringed with tamarisk trees and well served with bars, tavernas and various watersports. Coralli Camping, 20 metres back from the beach, has a lively daytime and night scene centred around the buzzing Heaven Pool Bar. |
Koutalas and Ganema Beaches
Koutalas and Ganema beaches are at opposite ends of a horseshoe-shaped bay on the south coast of the island. Both have tavernas which cater largely for the yacht crews who anchor up nearby. |
