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

Best beach on the island that I went to (I went to four total to spend time, but crossed many others during our stay).

First of all, it has toilets. One for each gender, and then another outside toilet that I suppose anyone can use. They were clean and well facilitated, with inside and outside sinks and soap. They were clean and had waste bins for the toilet paper. The ladies toilet only flushed once out of the many times I used it over the visits to the beach.

It has a car park, very important. It's free and it's right next to the beach. No hills or walking anywhere.

It's a PEBBLE beach, like the rest of Ithaca, but if you go down the end of the beach it is a little more sandy. Better for going into the water easier. Still, bring water shoes. There is some wood to walk on around by the bar but the rest you're just fighting for your life on stones.

There is a bar and a beach hut that sells food, drinks, hats, inflatables etc. There is also a place to rent boats and beach chairs. It was quiet, no loud music and no one was playing their own. It was tranquil.

Has a swing, has beanbags, and a wooden boat (on land) with cushions and blankets to sit on. Plenty of shade and plenty of sun spots.

If you are going with a member of the family who can't sit still, I would not recommend this one. There is nowhere to walk to, and up the mountain is overgrown, prickly and has high spiders with webs as thick as cotton. You're pretty much secluded on the beach.

It is a little difficult to get to, but that's only because Google maps WILL try to get you to drive up public stairs in Vathy. It is just one road after that and is sign-posted. Steep hill down. Saw some goats on the road.

The best beach for fish, the cleanest water with the most variety of fish. Can be seen from just standing/sitting in it too, meaning if you can't or don't like going underwater, you can...

De todas las playas de Itaca, de todas las playas del mundo, mi favorita es la bahía de Filiatró, sobre la costa este, a poco más de tres kilómetros de Vathí a la cual se accede por una ruta no muy difícil, salvo en la parte de la llegada a la playa que requiere un poquito de pericia en las últimas dos curvas que no son tampoco gran desafío. La playa tiene un sector para estacionar motos. Filiatró es una playa de cantos rodados blancos con olivos para garantizarnos la sombra. Hay tumbonas y quitasoles que se arriendan a precios normales y atención a la playa de los chicos del bar, Dimitri entre ellos. Con un excelente ambiente y agradable música el público mayoritariamente local es tranquilo y amistoso. En la barra se forman grupos animados en torno a unas cervezas o un café y muchas parejas bailan a los ritmos de la salsa, el merengue o la rumba. Más allá del bar y para paladares bien afinados está el restaurante Kirki, toda una sorpresa para una comida de playa pues tiene una carta muy gourmet con un buen montaje de sus platos logrando un toque fusión incluso con las comidas típicamente griegas. La verdad es que Filiatró es única por su belleza, su tranquilidad, su ambiente, la simpatía y afabilidad del público, lo fácil que es conversar con cualquiera que te encuentres por ahí. Uno se toma fotos con personas que jamás habías conocido y todos sintonizan en un ambiente como de club de socios, como si todos fueran conocidos. Te pasas el día entre la playa, el restorán y la barra mientras la luz del sol va tiñendo el panorama de variados colores hasta que llega la tarde y te bañas en sus aguas tibias a la caída del sol y el cielo se va tiñendo de añil y entonces te despides quizás hasta el otro día, quizás hasta el otro año. [Este es un extracto de mi crónica motera sobre Itaca en el diario digital El Trancura de Chile. Si queréis podéis visitar mis crónicas en la sección “opinión” del diario en el sitio internet eltrancura punto cl donde escribo por puro amor a los viajes, al arte, a la literatura y...

Unique natural beauty landscape. Where the olive grove ends, the beach begins. You can enjoy your swim in the clear turquoise waters while you can lie in the shade of the olive trees. There is a beach bar that provides everything even a skewer if you like it. Finally I suggest either canoeing or flippers if you are a bouncy swimmer to visit 2 small beaches on the right that are only accessible by water and are beautiful. There is a big one on the left a little further away but I find the approach dangerous because many boats are constantly coming I had to pass under several ropes that had been tied to the rocks...