Xi beach is located on the westernmost coast of the island of Kefalonia, in the Paliki peninsula and is about 7 kilometers from Lixouri. The name comes from the letter of the Greek alphabet, the reason is the shape of the beach which precisely resembles this letter. Xi is quite well known and loved, thanks to several factors: to its crystalline sea with a shallow seabed for many meters, to the cliff behind which with its majesty puts anyone in awe and its particularity, that is, the long beach of fine sand totally red! Thanks to its shallow and calm waters this beach becomes particularly suitable for families with children, who can relax without worries!
What can I find on Xi beach?
Xi beach is suitable for all types of public. If you are looking for an equipped beach where you can enjoy comfort and equipment in peace, the bay of Xi is perfect, ditto if you are looking for contact with wild nature. In the equipped area you can find sunbeds and umbrellas to rent to relax and make yourself comfortable, a bar where you can munch on a snack or sip a good cocktail and a restaurant by the sea where you can enjoy excellent fresh fish and while admiring the magnificent landscape that surrounds you! Instead in the free part we advise you to buy or bring water, food and everything you need to stay on the beach without worries.
If you want to practice some water fun on Xi beach you can do it without problems! Here you can practice different water sports and have fun as if there was no tomorrow!
For those wishing to get a beautiful beauty mask there are the clay cliffs scattered throughout the beach that can be used by bathers to reserve a personal and totally natural beauty treatment with clay mud! According to many scientists, clay has many healing and cleansing properties, in fact it can cure skin ailments, wounds and injuries in general and allows detoxification caused by factors.
Lixouri
If you feel like visiting a tourist resort, you can go to Lixouri, the tourist center of the Paliki region. Here you can take a tour in the central square, admire the architectural style of the place and enter a café to taste Greek coffee, perhaps in the company of local people. The Paliki peninsula is characterized by a very clayey soil, this allows agriculture, which in turn favors the economy of the area.
Other special features?
One "strange" thing you can admire on Xi beach is Kounopetra, a huge practically flat rock located right in front of the bay. This large rock formation continued to move from east to west, but with the 1953 earthquake it definitively stabilized.
How to get to Xi beach?
To get to Xi beach you can use the car, the way to get there is very simple. In case you don't feel like driving, you can take a bus that leaves from Lixouri or Argostoli and takes you directly to the beach.
Regardless of the way you decide to reach it, know that you will immediately fall in love with Xi beach! In short, sunbeds and umbrellas, free areas, equipped areas, bars, clay mud, no stress and excellent food ... do you really want to miss it?