Gianiskari beach

Gianiskari beach (Greek: Παραλία Γιανισκάρι),[1][2] is the name of a sandy beach that is located in the vicinity of the village Akrotirio Araxou, in the northwestern Peloponnese, Greece.

It is situated on the Ionian Sea coast and it is the northwesternmost publicly accessible beach of the Peloponnese (north of the beach there is a restricted area belonging to the Araxos Naval Fort).

The hills and the surrounding area of the beach were covered with kermes oaks and other trees and bushes native to the Mediterranean region, but multiple forest fires (in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2017)[3][4][5][6] destroyed completely all of the plantation.

The beach is accessed through a partly dirt unpaved road that is starting from the village of Akrotirio Araxou.

In May 2018 the beach was covered by large amounts of sea grass of the kind Posidonia oceanica (which is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea) and for a width of 5-6 meters.