Kaminakia & Vatses
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2013 September: My wife and I visited both these beaches.
Kaminakia Beach is sandy with shade from trees at the the north end with some beach chairs. There are a couple of tavernas and houses. There were two other couples when we arrived and everyone was on the sun beds. Everyone was covered until we stripped then everyone else followed suit and the beach was totally nude. I get the impression that if the beach had been busier nudists would have been forced to the southern side of the beach where there is no shade.
Vatses Beach is pebbly. There is now a small taverna bar at the north end, where there were a few beach umbrellas and trees for shade. Nudity was permitted but only at the south side of the beach well away from the taverna where there is no shade. It was relatively busy through the day with about a 50:50 mix of textile:nude across the beach.
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Kavafis reported to the Forum: I also went to Vatses, and was happy to see that its left side (the farthest from the beach bar) is suitable for naturism - although it is fully visible from the parking lot and other parts of the beach. While we were there, there was a nudist couple and a nudist lady, plus a number of people would come from the "textile" side for skinny dipping. And even at the textile part the majority of women were topless. This is at least the picture in late September 2018 - not sure how it is in the height of summer, as it is widely advertised as one of the best beaches of the island (including in Trip Advisor). Be sure to hire a 4x4 car to get there!
Both beaches were lovely and relatively sheltered from the winds unless it's really gusty.
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VATSES: large beach, part equipped and part free. Accessible via three kilometers of dirt road not too demanding. We had been told that on the far left you could practice naturism. We undressed but the manager of the bar (hundreds of meters away) arrived and threateningly forced us to get dressed. Later arrived a Greek couple who undressed and were left alone. We imitated them and no one bothered us. We returned the next day at sunset and the beach was deserted. We did not have any more problems.
KAMINAKIA: large and beautiful beach, partly equipped. Access is after a few kilometers of dirt road. Even in the free part all textiles. Impossible to undress
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