Beaches in Spetses
Spetses gets a fair three out of five for beaches, and the gap between reputation and reality catches some people out. This is a low pine dome ringed largely by small pebble coves, so if your mental picture is a broad sandy resort, adjust it now. Agioi Anargyroi is the main exception and the closest thing to a proper beach, organised and popular in consequence. Agia Paraskevi nearby is pretty and pine-backed, Zogeria is the quietest and the one worth the trip round, and Kaiki is the town beach, convenient and busy with a younger crowd. Getting to the good ones means a scooter, a bicycle on the flat coast road, or a water taxi, and the water taxi fares mount up over a week. In August the organised coves fill and the harbour prices reflect the yachts moored in front of them.
Agia Paraskevi Beach
Pine-backed cove on the southwest coast, organised, with the little white chapel that gives it its name at one end. The best all-round beach on Spetses if you want shade and a drink within reach.
Agioi Anargyroi Beach
The biggest bay on Spetses and the busiest, a long sweep of sand and fine pebble on the south coast, with the Bekiris sea cave at the western end. The island's headline beach, with all that implies.
Kaiki Beach
The small pebble cove between the town and the Old Harbour, known for decades as the students' beach. Organised, expensive, and the clearest water you can reach on foot.
Zogeria Beach
A double bay on the north coast ringed by pine forest, with the Peloponnese close enough to see the houses. Almost no services, almost no crowd, and that is the entire point.