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This beach is to be found on the Trahili isthmus, 4 kilometres from Paleochora (perhaps five from town centre to car park). Trahili is an isthmus about a mile long rather like a smaller scale version of the isthmus carrying the town. The beaches are known as Grameno and Mammeno.
On the eastern side of the isthmus the beach is shingle with parasols and a taverna, and is 100% textile where the road arrives, but nudism is practised at the eastern end.
2006: On the western side of the isthmus, it is mainly sandy. The first beach has parasols and a taverna and is 100% textile. Walking further along, there is a nice sandy bay which was mainly naturist and very relaxed. Good to swim from, a little secluded with dunes behind. Some bushes and trees provided shade, although a parasol is desirable. Walks along the water's edge were enjoyable. There is a third, smaller bay (which my reporters had to themselves) but it is difficult to swim from there, as there are rocks in the water.
2004: A report in May suggests that the Trahili beaches offer much more scope and acceptance of nudity than earlier reports suggested. Travel past the beach turning for 200 metres to a lay-by with a telephone kiosk, and almost immediately two or three excellent small coves are available, virtually alongside, yet hidden from the road. A minimum of textile traffic was endured with no great problem. Another Report says that the sandy beach (take the road between the greenhouses) is fine for nudism during the week, but overrun by campers at the weekend.
2010: At our first visit we saw one naturist family and two textile couples on the beach. At our second visit the beach was initially 100% textile, but we decided to strip off and had no problems being naked there all the day. Some of the beach visitors were with a dog - dogs are prohibited at the main textile beach. It seems the beach is not too popular among naturists now, but it is deserted and really worth visiting. Third bay was empty - nobody stays there as swimming from the bay is almost impossible.
2012 June: a correspondent found the area delightful with a pretty forest of short pine trees and bushes going out to a rocky headland. The beaches were much as described by others. Although the water at the furthest sandy beach was not very deep there was no problem getting in and out of the water or going for a short swim.
2013 July: the same correspondent found a group of local lads in shorts on the beach and the crowds on the main beach much closer than in low season. This area appeared to be dominated by the Houmas restaurant and nudity would not be possible. At the end of the peninsula on and behind the two smaller beaches, innumerable opportunities exist within the dune-like terrain, for nude sunbathing. A visit in May found a signpost to Grameno beach but no road between greenhouses.
2014: In a short mid-week visit in October the two smaller beaches were being used by nudists.
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