Now a big development. Heading north away from the main beach at the resort, the wooded boardwalk makes the going easy whilst it lasts, pass the Pink Palace Beach Building. Continue for approx 300 yards and you will reach a very distinctive building which in 2002 was a slightly run-down taverna with never a customer there and a conspicuous catwalk and ladder out into the sea. Walk through the courtyard (it is a right-of-way) and you come a bit of a scramble through a couple of rocks; this brings you to a bay approx. 400 yards long used by naturists and clothed people (but no nudists there in June 2003).

But - but - there now comes another distinctive feature which is a rock at the water's edge with an overhang and from a distance looks a bit like a dinosaur's head and could be thought to block progress but no - there is a very narrow way round the landward side (keep your shorts on or risk having your delicate areas scratched by the bushes). Sometimes it was possible to wade through the sea depending on tide and waves. This brings you to a pebble bay approx 800 yards long and would house hundreds but my contributors frequently had it to themselves and occasionally shared with another couple. Clearly there are no facilities so take everything needed, food, water and shade. It may sound a bit complicated but it really is not and took two of my older readers 25 minutes to get there and well worth the effort.

The nature of the pebble beach and an undertow in rougher seas may make this unsafe for poor swimmers or children.

Aghios Gordis

Aghios Gordis

6:41 am, May 15, 2025

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2020 May: A correspondent visited this beach several times. It is quite difficult to get to but is worth the walk. The back of the beach is stony and is badly littered with rubbish. As long as you face the sea you won't see it. There is one large hotel in this resort and many of the tourists come along to gawp. On a couple of occasions a couple of suspicious characters came and hung about (unfortunately this is not the only such report the Captain has received about this beach). This unnerved my correspondent's wife and forced them to pack up and leave. They saw one other lone male naturist and another couple. July 2005 saw another report of gay men, shall we say, "openly expressing their sexuality".

Barefooters found it easy to walk to the beach when following the directions above in August 2007. There was not much litter. When they arrived there were just 3 other couples there. My Barefoot reporters relaxed for 3 hours and then the gay men arrived. They had sunshade-umbrellas hidden in the bushes. The other couples left straight away. Before long my reporter and her husband also felt uncomfortable and left the beach.

The Captain asks all naturists, gay or straight, to avoid confusing the beach with their bedrooms. It is unfortunate when open sexual behaviour offends people.