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This is the second beach previously described under Melanda beach. If it has one, the actual beach name has not been ascertained but it is within the general curving sweep of Pissouri Bay and it lies west of the headland that separates it from the beaches and coves at Melanda. Accordingly the name East Pissouri seems reasonable enough to identify it but please amend if you know otherwise. It should not be confused with the nudist beach at Pissouri, also to the east of Pissouri but just a little closer.
Beautiful 400m long, wide beach backed by amazing red sandstone cliffs. Mainly pebbles with some sand. Excellent swimming once past any pebbles on the edge. 100% Nudist in May/June 2007 - some couples plus the usual single men but generally a very quiet beach with LOTS of space to spread out. No gawkers, which is unusual for Cyprus (probably difficult from this clifftop).
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Historic reviews
2016 August: August I have been to this beach 3 times in 2 weeks and both times it was void of all people after 9 am. No problems sunbathing nude. heavily shaded until 8:30 am when the sun crests the cliffs. When I showed up on the second trip, a lone fisherman was sitting on the headland which marks the eastern end of the beach. I walked past and continued to the far western end and could barely see him. He left when the sun crested the cliffs which apparently moves the fish to deeper water. Also some fishing boats were just offshore trawling but again when the sun crested the cliffs, they too departed. Trip 3 on a Wed was again totally deserted. Amazing experience. I explored the cliffs above when I was preparing to visit and found the western side of the beach from above has the access road above but it veered away from the edge and the slope was too great to walk to the edge. So protected from gawkers. The eastern end of the beach does have some upper road access and it would be possible for gawkers to stand. However, the cliffs are high enough that the view would be negligible.
This beach cannot be accessed from the Pissouri side without some major boulder traversing. I have only accessed this beach from the eastern side where one must walk along the base of the cliffs. I recommend sturdy hiking shoes to keep from slipping into the water. It is a pack-in pack-out beach. The rocks [pebbles?] easily form to one’s body shape after laying a nice beach towel down. Love this place…
2018 March: Attempted to get to this beach via the rocky foreshore from Melanda West. This route is rather narrow in places and with a strong onshore breeze that day the waves were coming right up to the foot of the cliff.
2018 April: Not worth risk of getting soaked or swept off the rocks so just looked from the clifftop and decided to try another day.
A fairly long beach that is mostly pebbles with some patches of sand. The beach is backed by high cliffs which provide some privacy although there were occasional gawpers on the clifftop. A few large rocks offer a bit of additional privacy. Other than those few rocks there is no shade to be found. It is a real suntrap and reached 35˚C when we were there (around 10˚C hotter than recorded inland) so it is wise to take plenty of water, and an umbrella or beach shelter.
The beach was deserted when we arrived. A male/male couple and single male, all naturist, arrived soon after. A further m/f couple arrived late in the afternoon but did not stop long as sunset was approaching.
Definitely one of the better “unofficial” naturist locations in Southern Cyprus.