Κavalikefta Beach — Attraction in Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian

Visited this beach yesterday. Arrived quite early and so got a parking spot in the smaller of the two carparks at 10 euro for the day.

Bearing in mind I'm used to driving in the UK and this was a hire car, the hairpins down just required extra attention, but I reiterate it was early.

We decamped at the initial beach just outside the cafe. 3 sunbeds at 25 euro. The sea could only be accessed between rocks, again not so bad if your confident enough.

We realised the more open beach was a little further down, but to get there required a little scrambling, difficult if you have any mobility issues, but i saw people with babies, toddlers whilst laden with most of decathlon or go outdoors making the trip, it was worth it, the waters were all shades of tropical blue, and warm, easy also to enter and exit with no rocks.

We returned to our sunbeds near the cafe and had a bite to eat, typical beach food, all ok, prices reasonable too.

As for the return, i'd like to think im a confident / capable driver even on foreign roads, but going up did scare the bejeezers out of me, its mostly as the road is now lined with parked cars, so new arrivals and leavers are competing for limited space on narrow roads, i had to reverse down a few times, thankful on other bends others did, i can imagine at peak exit time this produced quite a bottleneck. Driving with the wheel on the left, just added to the experience.

Would I go again, whilst the sea was amazing, all other things combined its a no, if they kept the roads clear, the drive up and down would...

This beach is the definition of a tourist trap. I had a nightmare experience dealing with the owner of the only bar, the parking guy and the ‘enforcer’ responsible for the beach seats, all being part of the same ‘organisation’. This happened after telling the bar owner that since I waited more than 40 min for my food and saw at least 6 people that were server before me, I don’t need the food anymore. The owner became completely mad and very aggressive to the point that I felt unsecure for my kids and my family. This escalated into a nightmare when he called the guy from the parking and the ‘beach enforcer’ to intimidate us. I was afraid that the guy responsible for the parking is going to damage my car. Meanwhile the muscle guy uttered all kinds of swears, was very pushy and physical and asked us to leave the beach, as if the beach was their property. Being afraid for the security of my family I left having my phone camera running to make sure the ‘enforcer’ would not try to hurt us in any way. This experience reminded me of horror movies with tourist being trapped in secluded places by mad people. Luckily this happened in the middle of the day on a beach full of people. I felt I should have gone to the police but then I thought I didn’t want to spend time there or thinking more about what happened. Hope I will forget this nightmare and only remember the beautiful experiences...

The beach is nice, the road is tough but being stranded on a remote place with only one alternative for food, drinks and parking and dependent on the people there is a horrifying experience. The people running this place, who might think they own the beach and the tourists, behave like a mafia gang setting up and enforcing rules as they please. Me and my kids got shouted in the bar because the owner, who might have been drunk or high, thought I was too fussy with your requests. Then, I was asked to leave the patio, which is the only patio on the beach. But the worst came when the patio owner called the beach 'security' and asked him to make a point. The muscle guy was sent to harass me and my family on the beach up to a point where I felt completely insecure . Even the parking guy was 'interested' to know where my car was, luckily was parked on the road far from their reach. Such horrific experience could ruin a whole vacation. Luckily for me I was there in the middle of the day and with many other horrified tourists around. Hope I will learn to forget it. Authorities and police should do way more to protect tourists in remote and dark places like this. Be aware that going there for a day you will be treated like s...t and might even risk your...