This fine beach is lying between two small peninsulas which are forming a protecting wall against the strong winds that sometimes blow on the island.
The natural environment of the beach is wonderful. The flora is rich and consists mainly of olive trees, cypresses, fruit trees and several kinds of bushes. The resort has a certain quiet and sheltered feel, this being the furthest north of the west coast Corfu destinations. The main road runs alongside the beach and the people are wonderful. There is no through road so very little traffic.
Arillas beach is distinctive in that it seems to change shape, according to the prevailing wind and currents. A north wind tends to pile sand on the beach which can ‘grow’ by two meters daily, while a southern wind does the opposite. The water at this beach is very shallow and the sea bottom is flat and sandy making it the ideal place for children. Frogs croak merrily in the reed-filled rivulet behind the beach of the resort, while the barren rocky islets of Gravia, Gineka and Sikia out to sea are yet more on the list of places claiming to be the petrified remains of Odysseus’s ship.
