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Alykes Beach does not have a very long history of its own . Throughout it Alykes was part of the Katastari village which was (and still is) the center of the municipality of Alykes. Katastari is situated in the Northwest of Alykes about 2klm far towards Vrahionas Mountain. There was the main residence of the local people of the area since the ancient years.

Because the people of Katastari before medieval ages where afraid of the pirates they moved their houses as closer and higher as they could towards the mountain. So they left all the land where the lower part of Katastari for agriculture use only. Katastari in Greek laterally "Lower wheet fields". So the very lowest part of Katastari, which was Alykes, was deserted for many years.

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After the Second World War , Alykes because of its geographical position, was chosen by the Greek Goverment as the best spot of the Island for the production of Salt. So that part of Katastari Village was named after the "Salt Pans" (in Greek "Alykes"). Until late 1970's Alykes was produsing Salt and it was the summer resort of the locals and fishermans. In 1980 the Greek Goverment desided that the salt buisness was not profitable any more and they closed it down.