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A long (over 1km) sand/pebble beach easily accessible by a regular bus service. Turn left and go down the track behind the beach for about 300m, then go on to the beach. This is about 4/500m long and even during August was not crowded - generally 50m between groups/couples. Go to the far end of the beach where access to the sea is easier - most of the beach has a rocky outcrop close to the shore. Report from July 2003 confirms that the beach was still good for nudism, and as quiet as one regular visitor had known it for 9 years.
The rest of the beach is almost wholly textile with topless bathing tolerated.
It's now apparently accepted by locals on the island that 'this is the nudist beach'. Easy access to crystal clear water. Good snorkelling. Sandy beach. There is a further bay around the headland and my correspondents had the beach completely to themselves, however getting there involved a scramble down a slippery path. Many people would be unable to make this. If getting down seemed hard, getting back up was more difficult!!
2011 July: Barefooters who visited Eristos found it to be the best beach on Tilos. A lot of camping under the tamarisk trees to the left of where the bus stops (there is a rudimentary toilet/shower block for the campers). Very few people on the beach beyond the camping area, but those there were nearly all nude. Lovely long beach where you felt comfortable being nude for swimming, walking along the shore and sunbathing. Shade from tamarisk trees, but no shade at the south eastern end of the beach. Sand/shingle, gently shelving - rated 85%. Try the En Plo Taverna for lunch; a short walk behind the beach - friendly owner who also rents rooms, and the taverna has a lovely terrace with shade provided by vines. There were a few sunbeds/parasols at the textile end of the beach, near the Eristos Beach Hotel.
2022 June: The nude area of the beach is now signposted (in Greek) from the bus stop and again at the toilet block. It is said to start 50m beyond the seasonal taverna, but in June there were nude bodies from the toilet/shower block onwards. Late June there were about 20 wild campers under the trees at the back on the beach, about 80% nudists, plus more naturists arrived for the day on the bus. A truly wonderful beach, well established, supported by the local council. One of the best beaches in Greece. (As an island, Tilos are trying to become zero waste, the bus and council vehicles are now electric, and the recycling is collected from the beach twice a day !!).
LinleyH
2024 – Mid September – Eristos is an easily accessible nudist beach. I travelled there by scooter from the main town Livadia, but there was also a bus service if you don’t have your own transport, (I imagine it only runs during the summer months).
If you follow the track to the end, the nudist part of the beach is from there to the end, but as others have mentioned, there was a lot of other people sunbathing nude. Eristos is not a small beach and there’s plenty of space with few people. Whilst there are trees on the back of the beach, most this area has campers occupying it, so it might be an idea to take a parasol. We had an enjoyable time here swimming nude and snorkelling.
I did take the opportunity to swim around the the small headland at the South East end of the beach to look at another small beach which was very secluded. This was accessible by a small path, but I couldn’t see the point of going to this beach when there was such a large beach with barely with no one on it that is open to nudists, so I kept to the main beach.