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This too is a beautiful large beach with excellent sand under impressive (and crumbling) cliffs. From the parking area take a 50 metre path to a cantina. From there the stair begins all the way down to the beach, allegedly 430 steps. It's easy to go down (though the last part is not for anyone with vertigo), but when you want to climb back carrying your load you will probably work up a bit of a sweat. Anyway the beach is nice and nudism is practised at the southern part. Earlier reports confirm that the beach was almost completely nude - and quiet - after say 4 pm, as all the 'day-tourists' move on again (and the remaining ones try for the first time how naturism feels…)
Some Barefoot reporters think Egremni is the very best beach on Lefkas (there seem to be several candidates for this honour, however) also the stairs down to the beach are not the problem. Going up is. It's a good idea is to stop at the top and admire the view from the cafe. Cold drinks are served at the bottom on the beach as well. Taking your own beverages is a good idea.
The south side is the naturist part of the beach. A good mix of visitors, couples, families and singles. Age mixture also very good. Relaxed atmosphere. Not crowded. Lots of parking places. My contributors warmly recommend this beach to everyone!
Access by land was destroyed by an earthquake in 2015 then making the only way of reaching the beach by boat. A new access road and stairway has since been built and in 2021 the beach once again could be reached by land.
2018: The beach is not accessible from land any more, due to the earthquake in 2015, which destroyed the steps. You might be able to access it by boat. In fact there are boats running from Nydri and Vassiliki, however these are touristy, take time to reach Egremni, almost certainly include visits to at least one more beach and will probably not let you stay at Egremni for long. Therefore we didn't try it, as we felt it would be too much hassle for an experience that would probably not allow us to be nude on the beach. Local authorities are considering plans to provide access from land again (steps or road) but since 2015 nothing has been put in place.
2019 May: The beach remains inaccessible from land, due to damage from the earthquake and the only way of reaching the beach is still by boat. Sadly all we could do was look at the beach from above! The good news is that repairs are underway and hopefully it will soon be possible to easily get to this beautiful beach once again.
2021 August: Kavafis reports: "great news that the staircase in Egremni was repaired and reopened this summer. Didn´t have a chance to try it though.". Presumably the implication is that the road repairs have been completed too. October: As reported above by Kavafis and further to our report from May 2019 we can confirm the road is now open, well at least for non-vehicular access! The gate across the road is chained open wide enough for pedestrians. In all probability it was fully open during peak season as signage indicates the parking charge is €5/a day. No one to collect fees at this time of the year so parking outside of the gates is free. As might be expected this late in the season the café was closed too.
The new way down is well engineered and safe but even so, particularly the demanding climb back up isn't for the faint hearted so take plenty of water. If you are unfit or suffer from vertigo one of the many boat trips from various places around Lefkas probably a better option for you though again at this time of the year none are running. As indicated above, the cliffs are continually crumbling so do be aware that falling rocks are a hazard. There had been recent storms when we visited so there were rock falls across the new road. We even had to negotiate our way around a tree that had fallen onto the new stairway.
Well worth the effort though as there were no more than a dozen visitors to the beach that day and we had the southern half of the beach to ourselves so no problem being naked. It remains to be seen what impact the massive investment in the earthquake repairs and growing commercialisation will have on this beach's suitability for nudism.
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