Gavrion is the main Port, with the sun setting behind the mountains early, this made it seem quite dark and grim when we arrived early evening. Gavrion is generally given the thumbs down but as we often went through it en route to other destinations we grew to appreciate some of the many tavernas where we would sit and watch the general disorganised commotion of the ferries loading and unloading. Some of the ex-Cross-Channel ferries run around the Cyclades (we arrived on the 'new' Superferry II, an 'old' Swansea-Cork machine still with original name plaques). A tiny shop in Gavrion sells the island's thyme honey, the only place it may be purchased due to some bye-law.

Gavrion

Gavrion

5:05 am, May 16, 2025

15°C

scattered clouds

Humidity: 70 %

Pressure: 1009 mb

Wind: 2 mph

Wind Gust: 1 mph

Clouds: 47%

Visibility: 10 km

Sunrise: 6:10 am

Sunset: 8:24 pm

Weather from OpenWeatherMap

While riding around we found a couple of very promising beaches overlooking Gavrion on the Northern side. Head North/West out of Gavrion, and when the road climbs steeply at the hairpin bends take a path straight-on at the second left-hand hairpin bend (Toubi's gets it wrong again, we visited some bemused farmers). This unmade road goes around the North side of the Gavrion inlet, the road splitting a few times so keep to the lower track each time and note the route for returning as it's easy to forget which track to take (it's only a short road so not a real problem just a pain having to turn round and retrace your steps). At the very end of this road is a suitable parking spot and a short climb down to two beaches, the furthest seemed very good. It was late afternoon so we didn't stop, and we would have returned but for the weather turning. These beaches should be far enough out of the harbour to avoid any oil and grot; a local naturist told us that they are suitable.

2020 September: Nr Gavrion Town – As described above, this beach is tucked around the bay from Gavrion and is a stony beach, but clear of litter with lovely clear water and pretty quiet when I visited. The beach isn’t overlooked except by a couple of villas high up on the hillside. There is an unmade track off the main road and you need to just keep going around at the same height from the sea (don’t go up the steep hill). You just park up off the track and walk down a very rough track to the beach about 100m away (I would not recommend driving down to the beach even in a 4WD). We were staying in a near-by villa and we only saw a few people at the beach during the 2 weeks we were there, so very quiet. I only swam here in the mornings, always in the nude. However, you should be aware the car ferries do pass the beach surprisingly close going to the port, so you might want to bear this in mind or have a handy towel nearby!!