Kethrodassos (Kedrodasos)

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The beach is filled with juniper trees and dunes of sand. (These are the small twisted junipers, commonly mistaken for cedars.) It covers quite a big area, and is a lovely spot: it must be wonderful for camping and you will see a lot of campers among the trees. Very nice beach with sand and some rocks. It seems to be protected to some extent from the winds that usually blow in Elafonissos. The European path E4 crosses the beach (there are yellow and black signs everywhere), so this is may be another hint.

Although my earlier contributors visited on a Sunday during August (which means that there were many textile families), nudism was practised (although to a small extent) not only at the beach but also in the wood and no-one bothered. Probably during weekdays or during June or September the situation will be much better.

2005 October: the place was practically deserted - what a relief after the vast hordes of people invading Elafonissos just down the road! There is a sign at the bottom of the footpath from the parking area, telling those who are fluent in Greek everything about the beach: unfortunately my Greek is only good enough to confirm that I had found the beach I was looking for, and that its name is Kethrodassos.

2010 July: The beach was about 20% nude. Most of the beach visitors were textile campers and E4 walkers who stop there to swim.

2014 October: Kethrodassos beach was 100% nude with 10-12 people suntanning or swimming. Most of them were couples. There were a few E4 hikers, but none of them paid attention to naturists.

2016 June: There were several nude bathers here, mainly at the southern end.

2017 September: We arrived mid-morning to find a handful of people on the beach, only a couple of who were nude. However, we set up camp under a tree and stripped off ourselves. Several others followed suit throughout the morning. More people arrived throughout the day, many presumably having walked from Elafonissi. Lovely idyllic location, not too busy for early September midweek. Textiles outnumbering naturists by approx 3:1 . We felt very comfortable walking the entire length of the beach without clothes. July: The beach was not crowded even on a weekend. There was relaxed nudity at the Eastern end and at the other end closer to Elafonnisi a significant proportion of women were topless. Only a little further East there is a small sandy cove where nudity seemed to be the norm.

2018 September: Kedrodasos is one of the most beautiful beaches I've ever seen in Greece. Both the large and small nearby beaches are perfect for naturism (100%). It can be reached by foot from the Elafonissi car park along the European path E4 (30 minutes), or by car parking in the area of ​​the greenhouses near the coast line (10 minutes on foot). October: Access to Kedrodasos by road is easy and although the last 1.5 mile (2.5km) of dirt track is a bit bumpy it is driveable in an ordinary car. On our second visit we walked from Elafonissi along the E4 footpath. The footpath is fairly level and not a difficult walk although it does entail clambering over some rocks. The path is well marked, just follow the yellow and black paint marks and poles. There are some great views along this route. It took us about an hour but younger, fitter people could no doubt do it in half the time. Along this route there are a number of tiny coves where being nude would be OK. However, these are mostly pebble beaches and any sand is certainly not as good as Elafonissi or Kedrodasos beaches. Take either of these routes and the last part through the juniper trees and sand dunes at the western end of Kedrodasos is particularly scenic and popular with campers some of whom are naturists.

It is also possible to walk the E4 from the direction of Krios to the east. That is however a much longer and more difficult route only suitable for experienced hikers.

Kedrodasos is fabulous and definitely amongst our favourite beaches in Crete. The sand of the dunes and beach is almost white, soft, and slopes gently to the sea and beneath the waterline. There are some rocks along the waterline but these are mostly flat and fairly smooth so entering the water is easy. Wet shoes aren’t needed but may be preferred as some of the flat rocks have a thin covering of seaweed and can be a bit slippery.

Kedrodasos benefits from being sheltered from the prevailing ”Meltemi” wind so the sea is usually fairly wave free, beautifully clear and great for swimming. The proportion of naturists to textiles varied throughout the day but generally seems to be slightly more textiles. There are no facilities on the beach.

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