The Lazareto Hotel is surrounded by water on three sides. You can swim directly from the rocks below, or walk a few minutes to Kourkoula — a natural sea inlet shaped like a pool, on the road toward the Castle — or to the portelo inside the Castle walls, where you swim beneath the ramparts with a view of the entire medieval town.
Within three to ten kilometres, a series of sandy beaches lines both the north and south coasts: Pori to the north, and Ampelakia, Xifias, Kastella and Agios Fokas to the south. Small tavernas open at these beaches in summer.
For those willing to travel a little further, Elafonisos — forty minutes by car and a short ferry — offers some of the finest sand beaches in the Mediterranean.
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The pebble beach to the left of the bridge is the quietest option close to town, with easy access to nearby cafes.
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