Guide to Agios Gordios beach in Corfu

Agios Gordios (or Agios Gordis) is one of the best beaches of Corfu. It is located at a distance of about 15 kilometers SouthWest of Corfu town, just after Sinarades village (the port of Garounas). It is the most popular sandy beaches on the West coast of the island. You will recognize it when you get there from the characteristic Ortholithi, the imposing upstanding rock in the sea. With a car it is possible to use this as a good base to tour the island and visit the historic Corfu town.
Just before you get to the beach and while you are just outside Sinarades village you will find a path (a road actually) to Aerostato, a hanging spot at the peak of the mountain, offering an exceptional view towards the beach of Agios Gordios Corfu.

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Beach location: There is a good road from Corfu town via west-coast Sinarades and on to the outskirts of Agios Gordios resort. It then becomes narrow and is traffic-clogged. It gets extremely busy in high season.
Disabled access: Agios Gordios beach is accessible in certain places but accommodation is often high in the foothills. There are rising gradients in the resort itself.
Car parking: This place gets very busy in high season and the (dead end) road to the beach is narrow and has the added hazard of «jay-walking» pedestrians. Take a hint, when you see a line of parked cars at the roadside, join it! If you proceed past the parked cars, you're unlikely to find a space but you will have major difficulties turning round. Food outlets/restaurants: Yes.
Sand/pebbles/shingle: Mainly golden sand with some shingle and pebbles. Sunbeds/umbrellas: Yes.
Showers: Yes. For toilets, use local bars/tavernas.
Safe for children: The water is quite shallow and suitable for children. Watersports: No.
Main users: Tourists. Well cared for: Yes. Mooring for boats: No.
Next to quayside/harbour: No. Storm drains/outlets into sea: No.
Natural shady areas: Agios gordios beach is very exposed. Any other facilities: Full resort facilities.
Distance to main resorts: 0-1 km depending on location of your accommodation.
Public transport: Bus service and taxis. Blue Flag: No.

Where to stay in Agios Gordios- Corfu

Natasa House
Situated in the beatiful Agios Gordios on Corfu (Kerkyra), Natasa offers luxury accommodation in very reasonable prices where you can enjoy and relax just 100 meters from the beach. Aghios gordios is one of the most attractive destinations in Greece with a large sandy beach surrounded by green hillsides and has everything to offer to its visitor.
Golden Nests
This is a family hotel in Agios Gordios, one of the most beautiful and largest beaches in Corfu, with an 8min. walking distance from the beach and a 15min. drive from the city of Corfu. The hotel has a breathtaking view of the sunset in the Adriatic Sea and of Ortholithi, a uniquely shaped rock in the sea
The Pink Palace Hotel
Family run hotel complex that offers hospitality and friendly atmosphere accompanied by warm weather and clear blue seas in a great all year round destination. Situated on Agios Gordios beach, which is renowned for its majestic sunsets, clean waters and sandy beaches. You can relax on the hotel's terrace and enjoy local home cooked cuisine and local wines
Despina Studios
situated just 10 km  outside from Corfu town and on only 3 km from one of the cleanest sandy beaches of Corfu. Agios Gordis is one of the most liveliest , beautifull and  famous resorts in Corfu. The studios are very quite, clean, new, surrounded by beautiful gardens with beautiful flowers, and olive trees, thus offering an enjoyable environment to all our guests ...