Glyfada Beach

Glyfada Beach is in one of the famous resorts in Corfu Island, Greece, a Blue Flag holder, and a popular destination for water sports and romantic sunsets.

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name » Glyfada Paralia (phonetic) or Γλυφάδα Παραλία (Greek), Glifada (variation), Golden Beach (alternative)

location » Ionian Sea, Corfu Island, Pelekas (community), Parelioi (municipal units), Corfu (municipality and peripheral unit), Greece

access » free; land transport: organized from the main Kerkyras-Pelaka (car, bus) or Palaiokastritsas-Pelaka (car) roads 1) through Pelekas after а left turn at a !marked junction оnto a local road (car, long walk or taxi); or, 2) along the main road from Kerkyra to !Ermones after а right turn at a !marked junction оnto a local road (car, bus)

property » public; visitors: locals, tourists

management » socialized, service (resort settlement, hotel complexes, hotels, villas, appartments, private rooms, restaurants, tavernas, !eating places, bars, snack bars, disco bars, shops, parking, volleyball courts, water ski, jet ski, pedalos, seacycles, canoes, kayaks, rent a boat, no mooring for boats in place; camping, petrol station, monastery, churches, !travel agencies, primary school, aqua park, golf course, equestrian club/?horse riding school in proximity); disabled: access (difficult); condition: !clean, maintained; water quality: clean, clear; equipment (umbrellas, lounges, showers, !bathrooms, !changing with lockers); security: safe for health, life (attention to the sea waves and swell), kids with close supervision (attention in water, to the beach steep slope and deep soft cover), !rescue

class » family, recreation, romantic, sport, swimming, surfing, bodyboarding; category: most attractive, most popular, crowded; standard: Blue Flag, Ministry of Environment Inspection

features » structure: one bay beach, continuous with rocks (east end); cover: sand (coast) with golden colour, fine granulation, soft thickness, deep layer, and steep slope, !sand and rocks (underwater, bottom); water with !shallow to average depth, rough surface, considerable waves and swell; position: facing southwest ; sun: !prolonged exposure/exposed; wind: west

background » between Glyfada resort settlement (north), Agios Georgios mountain and Ropa valley (west, northwest), and Pelekas village and hill (northeast); environment: cultivated with contemporary tourist atmosphere; nature: pines, fish

about » an annual beach volleyball competition takes place here; panoramic views to the bay, !coast and open sea are revealed from the nearby village and the surrounding !mounts and hills as well as the Kaiser’s Throne site; destination for hiking and foot path walks