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Reports reach the Captain of a nudist beach in Kali Limenes, best reached by road from Mires. My contributor says it is a lovely, long, white-coloured beach, one of the nicest beaches he has found in Crete. The village itself is small and tranquil, with just a few houses and fishing boats.
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2006 September: The Captain passed by here and didn’t really share the view of the previous contributor. An offshore island was dominated by large oil tanks. There was a lot of wild camping on the beach, coupled with temporary shacks. The beach is grey rather than white and although, admittedly, deserted it did not seem to be the attractive spot hoped for. It was not attractive enough to stop. In the Captain’s view it was completely outclassed by Kommos and others in the locality.
A Barefoot reporter shared this view, rating the beach “disgusting”. It was backed all along by seemingly abandoned tatty caravans and tents. One grotty taverna on beach itself. The first thing they saw was a used sanitary towel and the garbage was everywhere, old tyres strewn along where fires had been lit. Such a shame because you could tell without this, it would be a beautiful beach.
If you visit Kali Limenes be sure to use the road from Mires rather than the route by Odigitria Monastery, which is suddenly unmade after the monastery entrance! If coming from further west, it was found in 2015 to be not too bad, taken gently.
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September 2026. A beach with few visitors, some in swimwear and some not. At the eastern end of the very long beach – which is also accessible via a small dirt track near a tavern – there are a few tents. Just beyond the tamarisk trees, people can sunbathe in complete freedom.
The water is crystal-clear, the seabed is mainly pebbly, and the sea slopes gently into the water.