Emborios – Kalymnos
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Emborios itself is a lovely end-of-the-road sort of place. Five tavernas, one shop and a few rooms and that's it.
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The town beach (sand and shingle) is textile only. Take the road north [?west] past the church and you'll climb up and over the first headland and down into the next bay. According to some the dark volcanic sandy beach here is used by nudists but the new building and a "no nudism" sign would indicate otherwise. Barefoot reporters saw no evidence of nudism while in the area.
Continue along the road - now more of a dirt track - and a stiff climb for a few minutes brings you down to a narrow isthmus with a beach on either side. We used both beaches unclothed and had them to ourselves all day. The beach on the northerly side faces the open sea and has more than its fair share of seaweed [this is probably "Alexi" beach] - the other faces into an almost enclosed bay and has more than its fair share of man-made debris. A few moments clearing the plastic and my intrepid correspondents had a perfectly usable and pleasant patch of beach about 20 minutes walk from the village.
Apart from Sunday. On Sunday every beach in the area was taken over by three (at least) generations of Greek families who moved everything, including the kitchen sink, down for the day. Under the circumstances being naked did not seem a comfortable option.
A report submitted during 2006 recalls a visit 10 years earlier. Poppy (at Poppy's Taverna at the 'top of town') told our Barefooters about two beaches off a rough track starting behind her taverna - the 'Good Well' beach is the best and has a cool spring emerging just offshore - it's very difficult to reach, involving a clamber down a stony ravine with associated insects and aggressive plants - but it's worth it. Most of the time my reporters were the only people there.
The Goat Beach is, surprise surprise, popular with goats, but is almost deserted by people. It was not as nice as 'Good Well' but the sandy beach (in a gentle arc) was OK if a little exposed. There are absolutely no facilities at either beach.
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Linley
2024 – September – Emborios beach isn’t actually in Emborios, so I’m a little unsure why maps call it this name. However, the beach is in a lovely small horseshoe bay about 100+ metres long, with some sand, but mainly stones and rocks. However, there are quite a few sea urchins along the shoreline, so beach shoes are highly recommended. There are a few trees for shade on the far South West side of the beach. The beach is about a mile outside Emborios, so it is walkable, but using the car or a scooter is easier. There is a short easy path to the beach from where you can park.
I have been to this beach on a good many occasions over the last three years during September and apart from a few ladies who were topless, I haven’t seen anyone nude. I have gone nude myself whilst sunbathing at the far North East end of this beach, away from the trees, but I haven’t swam nude. The main reason being this is predominately a textile beach. Having said this, it’s still a lovely beach looking out across the bay.