# Which Greek island with kids? Written 2026-10-24 by Play Day. Naxos, Paros, Milos, Corfu, Rhodes, Zakynthos or Santorini with kids: what each island is like, how busy it is, how you get there and what kids do, with a few family hotels on each. Choosing which island (or islands) is hard. This guide is made to help. ## Naxos, for long shallow beaches Naxos is the biggest of the Cyclades, with Mount Zas in the middle, mountain villages like Apeiranthos with its marble lanes, and a Venetian castle on top of Naxos Town. Fewer people fly in than to Paros. It's a 45-minute flight from Athens, about five and a half hours on the ferry from Piraeus, and there are daily boats from Rafina too. The long beaches are what make it so good with small kids. [Agios Georgios](https://ourplayday.com/places/agios-georgios-beach-naxos) is right next to Naxos Town, with fine sand and shallow water, and the coast carries on in long sandy beaches like [Plaka](https://ourplayday.com/places/plaka-beach-naxos) and [Mikri Vigla](https://ourplayday.com/places/mikri-vigla-beach-southern-sandy-bay-naxos). Off the sand, there's the [Portara](https://ourplayday.com/places/portara-temple-of-apollo-naxos), a giant marble gateway you walk out to on a causeway, and an ancient [kouros](https://ourplayday.com/places/kouros-of-flerio-naxos) lying in the old quarry at Flerio. For more, beach by beach, there's [where to stay on Naxos with kids](https://ourplayday.com/guides/greece/naxos/family-hotels). ### [Naxos Resort](https://ourplayday.com/places/naxos-resort-naxos) Island: Agios Georgios beach Pools, a separate kids' pool and breakfast included, and Naxos Town is a walk along the sand. - Pool: Yes - Cribs: Yes ### [Stella Naxos Island](https://ourplayday.com/places/stella-naxos-island-naxos) Island: Maragas, Plaka beach Ground-floor apartments that open onto the garden and a playground, right on Plaka beach. - Pool: Yes - Cribs: Yes ### [Melidron Hotel & Suites](https://ourplayday.com/places/melidron-hotel-suites-naxos) Island: Agios Prokopios A 55-square-meter family suite with a king bedroom, a twin bedroom and two bathrooms. It's a three-minute walk from Agios Prokopios beach, and [Aqua Fun Water Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/aqua-fun-water-park-naxos) is nearby. - Pool: Yes - Cribs: Yes ## Paros, for calm coves and a livelier town Paros is busier than Naxos, with the port town of Parikia, quiet villages in a green, hilly middle, and the fishing harbor at Naoussa, where the bars go until dawn. Flights from Athens take 45 minutes, and the ferry is about four hours from Piraeus or three and a half from Rafina. With little kids, [Kolymbithres](https://ourplayday.com/places/kolymbithres-beach-paros) is the beach: shallow water in small coves between the rocks, across the bay from Naoussa. There are goats and chickens on the farm walk at [Petra Farm](https://ourplayday.com/places/petra-farm-paros), a small playground by the café at the [Butterflies Nature Reserve](https://ourplayday.com/places/butterflies-nature-reserve-paros), and a [playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/aliki-playground-agios-nikolaos-side-paros) at Aliki in the south. If it's between these two, [Paros or Naxos with kids](https://ourplayday.com/guides/greece/paros/paros-or-naxos-with-kids) puts them side by side, and [where to stay on Paros with kids](https://ourplayday.com/guides/greece/paros/family-hotels) has more hotels. ### [Astir of Paros](https://ourplayday.com/places/astir-of-paros-paros) Island: Kolymbithres Interconnecting junior suites of 90 square meters and a kids' pool apart from the main one, in big gardens on Kolymbithres bay, with its own small sandy beach. - Pool: Yes - Connecting rooms: Yes ### [Parosland Hotel](https://ourplayday.com/places/parosland-hotel-paros) Island: Aliki Connecting rooms with two double beds, an inside door and two bathrooms, near Aliki beach. - Pool: Yes - Cribs: Yes - Connecting rooms: Yes ### [Paros Agnanti Resort & Spa](https://ourplayday.com/places/paros-agnanti-resort-spa-paros) Island: Krios, across the bay from Parikia An attic suite for five with two interconnecting bedrooms, and a pool with a shallow kids' section and a playground. It's up the hill above [Krios beach](https://ourplayday.com/places/krios-beach-paros), looking back across the bay at the port. - Pool: Yes - Cribs: Yes - Connecting rooms: Yes ## Milos, for volcanic beaches and a boat day Milos is volcanic, and its airport is the quietest of the seven. It has more than 70 beaches, including the white volcanic rocks at Kleftiko. From Athens it's 40 minutes by air, or about four and a half hours by ferry from Piraeus. [Sarakiniko](https://ourplayday.com/places/sarakiniko-milos) is smooth white rock around a small shore, and a boat trip is how you see the rest of the coast, like the [catamaran day](https://ourplayday.com/places/naya-yachting-milos-poliegos-cruise-milos) around Milos and Poliegos with snorkel gear on board. In [Klima](https://ourplayday.com/places/klima-fishing-village-milos) the boats sit in colorful boathouses right at the water, [Pollonia](https://ourplayday.com/places/pollonia-beach-milos) has a sandy beach on the village bay, and kids who like rocks can see the crystals at the [Milos Mining Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/milos-mining-museum-milos). [Where to stay on Milos with kids](https://ourplayday.com/guides/greece/milos/family-hotels) has the rest, in Pollonia, Adamas and on the south coast. ### [Captain Zeppos Suites and Villa](https://ourplayday.com/places/captain-zeppos-suites-villa-milos) Island: Pollonia A suite for six with a loft bedroom, two bathrooms and a full kitchen, plus a shared pool and a playground. Pollonia's beach and shops are a short walk. - Pool: Yes - Kitchenette: Yes - Cribs: Yes ### [Delmar Apartments & Suites](https://ourplayday.com/places/delmar-apartments-suites-milos) Island: Pollonia A family suite with a king bedroom, a twin bedroom and two bathrooms, 40 meters from Pollonia's beach and a minute from an enclosed playground. - Kitchenette: Yes - Cribs: Yes ### [Santa Maria Village Resort & Spa](https://ourplayday.com/places/santa-maria-village-resort-spa-milos) Island: Adamas A 180-square-meter freshwater pool, in gardens on the hill behind the port. The harbor, where the boat trips leave, is a ten-minute walk. - Pool: Yes - Cribs: No ## Corfu, for an easy resort week Corfu is green, all olive groves and hills, with more than two hundred mountain villages and a Venetian old town on the UNESCO list. It has the second-busiest airport here after Rhodes, mostly international flights, and it's an hour and a quarter from Athens. Ferries come across from Igoumenitsa on the mainland. A few of the resorts have their own water park. In town there's the [Old Fortress](https://ourplayday.com/places/old-fortress-of-corfu-corfu) and [Spianada Square](https://ourplayday.com/places/spianada-square-corfu), the big square in front of it, and at Paleokastritsa the [Corfu Aquarium](https://ourplayday.com/places/corfu-aquarium-corfu), with a [semi-submarine trip](https://ourplayday.com/places/captain-nemo-underwater-cruise-corfu) from the beach behind it. [Aqualand](https://ourplayday.com/places/aqualand-corfu-water-park-corfu) grades its rides by age and height, and at [Corfu Donkey Rescue](https://ourplayday.com/places/corfu-donkey-rescue-corfu) kids can brush the donkeys. [The best family hotels in Corfu](https://ourplayday.com/guides/greece/corfu/family-hotels) has the rest of the resorts. ### [Grecotel LUXME Costa Botanica](https://ourplayday.com/places/grecotel-luxme-costa-botanica-corfu) Island: Acharavi Its own aqua park with slides and a lazy river, and Grecoland for ages 4 to 12, on the north coast with a kilometer of sand out front. - Pool: Yes - Kids' club: Yes - Cribs: Yes - Connecting rooms: Yes ### [Ikos Dassia](https://ourplayday.com/places/ikos-dassia-corfu) Island: Dassia All-inclusive, with a crèche from six months, a club for 4 to 12 and a teen club. It has nine pools and about 600 meters of sand lined with pine and olive trees. - Pool: Yes - Kids' club: Yes ### [Domes of Corfu](https://ourplayday.com/places/domes-of-corfu-autograph-collection-corfu) Island: Glyfada A two-bedroom suite for six plus a baby, and a splash park, on [Glyfada Beach](https://ourplayday.com/places/glyfada-beach-corfu) on the west coast. - Pool: Yes - Kids' club: Yes - Cribs: Yes ## Rhodes, for a castle town and the big resorts Rhodes is the biggest of the Dodecanese and has the busiest airport here, mostly international flights. The medieval city the Knights of St John built, inside four kilometers of walls, is on the UNESCO list, and Lindos has its acropolis up on the hill. It's an hour from Athens by air, and over fifteen hours on the ferry from Piraeus. The [Palace of the Grand Master](https://ourplayday.com/places/palace-of-the-grand-master-of-the-knights-of-rhodes-rhodes) is inside the walls. For kids there's [Faliraki Water Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/faliraki-water-park-rhodes), with slides sorted by age, the [Rhodes Toy Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/rhodes-toy-museum-rhodes), with a play room and a playground, and the ducks, geese and peacocks at [Epta Piges](https://ourplayday.com/places/epta-piges-seven-springs-rhodes). [Agathi](https://ourplayday.com/places/agathi-beach-rhodes) is a sheltered sandy bay that suits small kids, and [Tsambika](https://ourplayday.com/places/tsambika-beach-rhodes) is a golden one. The rest are coast by coast in [Rhodes family hotels](https://ourplayday.com/guides/greece/rhodes/family-hotels). ### [Amada Colossos Resort](https://ourplayday.com/places/amada-colossos-resort-rhodes) Island: Faliraki A five-slide water park, a 140-meter pool and a nursery from four months, straight onto a Blue Flag beach. The sea-view family rooms put the kids' beds behind a sliding door. - Pool: Yes - Kids' club: Yes - Cribs: No - Shade: Yes ### [Atlantica Holiday Village Rhodes](https://ourplayday.com/places/atlantica-holiday-village-rhodes-rhodes) Island: Kolymbia A pirate ship, slides big and small, a lazy river and a high-ropes course. The family rooms are in the quieter part of the resort, with the kids' singles behind sliding partitions. - Pool: Yes, indoor - Kids' club: Yes - Cribs: Yes ### [Sala Historical Luxury Suites](https://ourplayday.com/places/sala-historical-luxury-suites-rhodes) Island: St John's, outside the Old Town walls Suites with a kitchenette in a historic house, and one that joins its neighbor for a bigger family. It's a ten-minute walk from the Old Town. - Pool: Yes - Kitchenette: Yes - Cribs: No - Connecting rooms: Yes ## Zakynthos, for turtles Zakynthos is green, with fertile valleys, and it's the loggerhead turtles' island: the National Marine Park, set up in 1999, protects the beaches where they nest. Laganas is the party strip, mostly a young crowd. Tsilivi, north of the town, has a family feel, and Kalamaki and Alykes are quieter. There's an international airport an hour from Athens, and ferries cross from Kyllini on the mainland. At [Kalamaki](https://ourplayday.com/places/kalamaki-beach-zakynthos) and [Gerakas](https://ourplayday.com/places/gerakas-beach-zakynthos) the nests have protective cages over them, and the free [Sea Turtle Rescue & Information Center](https://ourplayday.com/places/zakynthos-sea-turtle-rescue-and-information-center-zakynthos) is 100 meters from Gerakas beach. Tsilivi has the [Tsilivi Waterpark](https://ourplayday.com/places/tsilivi-waterpark-zakynthos), and [Fantasy Mini Golf](https://ourplayday.com/places/fantasy-mini-golf-zakynthos) has a toddler play area. [The best family hotels in Zakynthos](https://ourplayday.com/guides/greece/zakynthos/family-hotels) covers Tsilivi, Kalamaki and the quieter coasts. ### [Lesante Classic Luxury Hotel and Spa](https://ourplayday.com/places/lesante-classic-luxury-hotel-and-spa-zakynthos) Island: Tsilivi Two connecting rooms for five with two bathrooms, high chairs, a kids' menu and an indoor play area. Tsilivi's beach is about 200 meters away. - Pool: Yes - Kids' club: Yes - Cribs: Yes - Connecting rooms: Yes ### [Exotica Hotel & Spa](https://ourplayday.com/places/exotica-hotel-and-spa-zakynthos) Island: Kalamaki Ground-floor junior suites that open onto their own pool, and a kids' pool. Kalamaki beach and its turtle nests are a walk away. - Pool: Yes - Cribs: Yes ### [Domes Aulus Zante](https://ourplayday.com/places/domes-aulus-zante-autograph-collection-zakynthos) Island: Laganas The KiEPOS eco kids' club, a splash pool and nature play in the forest, right on Laganas beach, a turtle nesting beach in the marine park. - Pool: Yes - Kids' club: Yes - Cribs: Yes ## Santorini, for the caldera Santorini has houses carved into the cliff on the rim of the caldera and an active volcano you can take a boat out to and walk on. Its airport is much busier than the ones on Naxos, Paros and Milos, and cruise ships call there too. Flights from Athens take 50 minutes, and the ferry is about six hours from Piraeus or five and a half from Rafina. The beaches are black and red sand. [Kamari](https://ourplayday.com/places/kamari-beach-santorini) and [Perissa](https://ourplayday.com/places/perissa-beach-santorini) are the beach towns on the east side, and [Monolithos](https://ourplayday.com/places/monolithos-beach-santorini) has shallow water. Kids can ride the [cable car](https://ourplayday.com/places/santorini-cable-car-santorini) up the cliff from Fira's old port, see the ruins under a roof at [Akrotiri](https://ourplayday.com/places/akrotiri-archaeological-site-santorini), or try the [Lost Atlantis Experience](https://ourplayday.com/places/lost-atlantis-experience-santorini). [The best family hotels in Santorini](https://ourplayday.com/guides/greece/santorini/family-hotels) has more, up on the cliff and down by the beaches. ### [Rivari Santorini Hotel](https://ourplayday.com/places/rivari-santorini-hotel-santorini) Island: Kamari Baby Friendly Hotel certified, with a playground, table tennis and garden chess. More than half its rooms are family rooms, and baby tubs and bed rails are free to borrow. - Pool: Yes - Cribs: Yes ### [Andronis Arcadia](https://ourplayday.com/places/andronis-arcadia-santorini) Island: Oia The ARCADemy club for ages 4 to 14, with STEAM and robotics, and a three-level family suite with its own infinity pool, five minutes' walk from Oia's main square. - Pool: Yes - Kids' club: Yes - Cribs: Yes ### [Aqua Blue Hotel](https://ourplayday.com/places/aqua-blue-hotel-santorini) Island: Perissa A family room for four with a door between the bedroom and the sofa-bed room, and a kids' pool. The beach is across the road. - Pool: Yes - Kitchenette: Yes - Cribs: Yes - Connecting rooms: Yes - Shade: Yes Page: https://ourplayday.com/guides/greece/which-island-with-kids