From the east of Plakias beach it is possible to follow a path to Damnoni (about half an hour's walk) - the path starts behind the Plakias Bay hotel (this is the roughest part) and is waymarked by red spots and arrows on stones.

An easier access by car is to take the road from Plakias to Lefkogia and take a small road (at GPS waypoint N35 10' 54.6" E24 25' 03.6") with signs to the "Hapimag" time sharing complex. The Damnoni beach itself is at GPS coordinates N35 10' 29.4" E24 24' 51.5".

Damnoni

Damnoni

4:20 am, Oct 16, 2025

17°C

clear sky

Humidity: 78 %

Pressure: 1018 mb

Wind: 7 mph

Wind Gust: 6 mph

Clouds: 0%

Visibility: 10 km

Sunrise: 7:29 am

Sunset: 6:46 pm

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6:00 am

17°/17°°C 0 mm 0% 8 mph 79% 1019 mb 0 mm/h

9:00 am

18°/18°°C 0 mm 0% 8 mph 72% 1019 mb 0 mm/h

12:00 pm

22°/22°°C 0 mm 0% 5 mph 52% 1019 mb 0 mm/h

3:00 pm

23°/23°°C 0 mm 0% 1 mph 58% 1019 mb 0 mm/h

6:00 pm

21°/21°°C 0 mm 0% 4 mph 63% 1019 mb 0 mm/h

9:00 pm

20°/20°°C 0 mm 0% 7 mph 68% 1020 mb 0 mm/h

12:00 am

19°/19°°C 0 mm 0% 5 mph 75% 1020 mb 0 mm/h

3:00 am

18°/18°°C 0 mm 0% 4 mph 76% 1019 mb 0 mm/h

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Damnoni Beach is a large stretch of sand with two tavernas and a cantina. The middle of Damnoni beach is now dominated by "Hapimag" a large timeshare complex aimed at German tourists (a developments which is signposted for several miles around), and the Damnoni Beach Hotel behind it. There is a large area of sun umbrellas and parasols. The derelict "Minoan Prince Hotel" stands over the eastern end. The Captain remembers that in 1991 the eastern end was naturist. Reports from September 1997 and 1998 said that there were no naturists. However when the Captain last visited in September 2000 there was a small enclave of naturists on sunbeds with parasols at the far eastern end. Don't count on it, though; and anyway Mikro Amoudi is only a couple of minutes' walk round the headland from here.

For years The Captain has kept this entry alive because mainly of some pleasant memories of blissful nude relaxation on this beach in the mid-1990s - before the advent of beach umbrellas across the whole length of the beach. Some isolated nudity could be found at the eastern end. But as of 2005 contributors are asking why anyone would want to come here now, unless to park a car and walk the 300 metres to Mikro Amoudi.

July 2017: Beautiful, but totally taken over by textile sunbathers and water sports, etc. - no chance of going nude here anymore.