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Reached from a side road off the Spili to Agios Galini main road. The side road passes through the villages of Ano and Kato Saktouria and is now tarmac all the way. The nudist beach is over a headland to the west of the main beach. There are two bays that you can get down to; they are separated by a big rock.
Warning: the sand goes all the way up the cliffs which you sink into whilst climbing down - your feet can get burnt if you are just wearing sandals or less (some - er - Barefooters recommend wearing socks). Then there is a long almost deserted beach under the cliff. It is also possible to get to Agios Pavlos by the daily boat from Aghia Galini to Preveli which stops here on the way (on eastern beach). This is a very attractive sandy nudist beach with great opportunities for walking nude on the long beach to the west.
Western beach
1999: A report confirms this beach remains uncrowded and primarily naturist although the sand hills do make both outward and return walks something of a scramble; definitely not for the unfit! The Captain visited in September 1999 (my, was it really so long ago?) and confirms this assessment. Agios Pavlos is a bit off the beaten track but is worth a visit. Afterwards enjoy a drink at Mama Eva's taverna overlooking the main (textile) beach.
One reporter found the entry to the beach by following a rocky sand way off the main road – to the west - just before Agios Pavlos. Turn to the right 300m before Agios Pavlos (Lat=35.105076N Lon=24.564035E) to the small unpaved road. Drive 200m and it will lead you right to the headland above the beach. You will just have to step down to the beach (Lat=35.104530N Lon=24.560108E). A small rock on the side indicates ‘Long Beach’. After leaving the car, the descent to the beach (either entirely via the sand dunes OR via a small path along the cliff) is quite dangerous! (see picture)
However, it is worth the effort and it keeps textiles away. The beach has a beautiful sea view! My contributor thinks it is definitely something to recommend and rates it 90%.
2007 July: Barefooter visitors decided to settle in the second bay. As soon as you climb down to the bay, look back - you will see an excellent cave to hide from the strong sun and wind. They spent one amazing day there. In addition to our reporters there were two couples and one single man, all nude. The main problem that day was strong wind from the sea. It can cause flying sand and troubles climbing over the rock.
2010: No significant changes on the beach. There were about 15 visitors, 70% nude.
2016 October: We reached the beach coming from Agios Pavlos. We parked our car on the dirt road immediately under the Melyssa Appartments. We were on the beach at around 9.00 am. There was nobody, nothing excepted the roar of the waves. Later, some other nudist joined. You must absolutely pay a visit to this beach -as a nudist or even, if you are really scarde to get naked - as a textile. Going down the huge sand hill is an exceptionnal experience ! The beach is incredibly clean and long. However be careful: if you stay on the little beach just below the sand hill, some persons may look at you from the cliff. Anyway - if that make them happy…
May: We reached this beach by walking from Triopetra east beach and around the Yogi Rock headland for about 15 minutes. It is rocky but no hills! Lovely beach with about 6 couples, 50% were nude at start but more nude within the hour. Only problem was a single male 40+ weirdo who was clothed and well away from us when we arrived but he came next to us, stripped off and paraded and posed within 5 metres of my wife. We moved away and later found him further up the beach ogling at a young nude couple. He looked like he might be Greek and had a tan to suggest he might be back.
2020 August: The first part has shade but is mixed, you can walk a little for the full nudist part and make a long nude walk when you want.
Very hard to climb back on the sand dunes, the sand is very hot in the afternoon, even with sandals.
2023 July: The beach was completely empty when we arrived, and we decided to go to the eastern beach instead as the descent seem easier (and there were nudists there). Later, from the eastern beach I could see some groups of nudists walking along and relaxing in the western beach. Unlike the eastern beach, which was 50/50 mixed during our visit, the western beach seemed to be all nudists. As the eastern beach, great spot to watch the sunset.
Eastern beach
2005 September: the sandy cliffs had become less of a problem: there are steps cut into the cliff up from the main beach (some remarkable coloured rock formations at the top!), and a sort of boardwalk takes the strain out of most of the descent to the first of the bays the other side. The second is still quite hard to reach, however. A hedge has grown up in front of Mama Eva’s taverna, blocking the view altogether; but there’s quite a reasonable cafe right on the main beach.
In June the eastern beach was 50% textiles 50% nude. The western one can easily be reached by first going on the rock in the middle and then following the stepped path signed by paint down the rock. It was almost deserted apart from 3 nude couples. My reporters had a great day at this beach.
2010 June: the beach was 100% textile.
2018 September: the eastern beach was 90% nude over a couple of visits. Probably depends on who is there first! This has a lovely 'cove' feeling. The western beach was sparsely populated by nudists with occasional textile.
2020 August: Easy accessible and visible from above, maybe that is why there are only textiles
2023 July: From above we could see there were very few people at the beach, and there were two groups of nudists! We decided to go down the dune onto the beach (recommend wearing closed shoes, the sand was very hot) and took shelter near the rock on the northern side. Spend the whole day in the nude until sunset (great spot for sunset watching), taking a few walks along the beach. I counted 6 groups of people at the beach in the early afternoon, 3 of which were nudists. Lots of space between the groups as the beach was not crowded. We were there on a moderately windy day, there were some waves which made it a bit tricky to relax in the water given the rocks at the bottom (better to swim with sandals) but pleasurable nonetheless. It was hard to keep our cheap umbrella stable due to wind gusts, luckily the rock we were under provided enough shade. Some very strong gusts threw sand and water flying around and were a bit uncomfortable.
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