Gianiskari beach ( el, Παραλία Γιανισκάρι ), is the name of a sandy

beach A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc shel ...

that is located in the vicinity of the village

Akrotirio Araxou Akrotirio Araxou ( el, Ακρωτήριο Αράξου) is a small coastal village of Achaea, Greece. The village lies at the northwestern part of Peloponnese near Cape Araxos. The village of Araxos and the namesake military airport are few kilome ...

, in the northwestern

Peloponnese The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic regions of Greece, geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmu ...

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. The word "Gianiskari" is a paraphrase of the word "Gialiskari" (Γιαλισκάρι) from medieval Greek word "Αιγιαλισκάριον", which is a diminutive form of the word "Aigialos" (Aἰγιαλός) meaning seashore. It is situated on the

Ionian Sea The Ionian Sea ( el, Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, ''Iónio Pélagos'' ; it, Mar Ionio ; al, Deti Jon ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including C ...

coast and it is the northwesternmost publicly accessible beach of the

(north of the beach there is a restricted area belonging to the Araxos Naval Fort). The beach lies between two hills. 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) 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. During the summer months it is a popular destination for locals. The only facilities during the summer period is a small canteen/beach bar. In May 2018 the beach was covered by large amounts of sea grass of the kind

Posidonia oceanica ''Posidonia oceanica'', commonly known as Neptune grass or Mediterranean tapeweed, is a seagrass species that is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. It forms large underwater meadows that are an important part of the ecosystem. The fruit is free f ...

(which is endemic to the

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) and for a width of 5-6 meters."Algae" covering Gianiskari beach, Article with photos in local news site dete.gr 04/05/2018
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