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The longest sandy beach of EU is in Monolithi, Western Greece (video)

The longest sandy beach of the European Union is full 25 kilometers long and is in western Greece, along the Ionian Sea on the Epirus mainland. The beach of Monolithi extends along the west coast of the Prefecture of Preveza.

The area took its name Monolithi  – “Single Stone – from a single oversea rock near the cost.

The rock 10 x 10 m was near the coast until year 1942, when German and Italian soldiers destroyed the rock with mortar fire.

A photograph before 1942 is available. Today the rock exists as an undersea reef (-10 cm from the surface).

Monolithi beach extends like a sector with western orientation, in length 25 km, from Village Mytikas of Preveza (Cape Komarus) until the Village Kastrosykia also of Preveza City. The wide of sandy beach in winter is about 50–10 meters, and ends in Monolithi protected forest, also in Koukos hills.

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  1. Sorry to disppoint.
    There are 2 sandy beaches in The Netherlands which are 54km and 60km.
    One goes from “Hoek van Holland” to “IJselmuiden”, and from “IJselmuiden” to “Den Helder”.
    Nothing like Lindos or Prasonisi though….