Agioi Anargyroi beach

Agioi Anargyroi is the beach Spetses is known for — a wide bay on the south-west coast, sand and fine pebble, backed by the pine woods that Sotirios Anargyros planted a century ago. The water shelves gently and stays clear, and there is a small chapel by the shore that gives the bay its name.

It is the natural second half of a Spetses session: town in the morning, pine and water in the afternoon. The bay faces roughly south-west, so it holds light late and the trees give shade through the middle of the day. Barefoot frames on the sand, pine trunks for depth, and a rock headland at either end.

It is a proper trip from town — about four kilometres by the coast road, or a water taxi from Dapia, which is the pleasant way and gives you boat frames on the crossing. In July and August the middle of the bay fills with sunbeds; the ends stay workable. Check the last water taxi if you are staying for sunset.