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Probably the best bet for a real nudist beach, though reports vary and there seems to be significantly less naturism here in high season. Those who have visited it out of season seem to love it, however.
It is in a small cove on the headland between the port and Mylopotas. Along the way to Mylopotas from the village, before the Mojo club, you fork right off the road and go down a concrete road. There is a small sign beside the road. Whilst steep and narrow in places, the concrete road is passable by scooter or small car. Park on ground to the right when you come to an open col, about 800m down. Then follow the (very faded) white arrows down the valley to the right. You'll find a nice little beach divided in two parts by a rock outcrop. On the right hand side, again facing the sea, there's the place where you can sunbathe nude. Early reports talked of mostly singles (male and also female), some couples, some groups of friends. Not very crowded either by nude people nor textile ones. Nice sea: clear and easy to get into.
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2002 August: says there were few people there and no naturists.
2005: A report describes it as one of the best beaches on Ios: hidden away but can be busy. Great for being nude, and the water is very safe to swim in. My contributor says the beach can be "very nude", with a great mix of ages.
2006 May: Barefooters found nobody on the beach. Although some houses were rather close, two big inscriptions "nude beach " reassured them. So they spent a very pleasant afternoon bare, peaceful, quiet and sheltered from the wind. They rated the beach a rare 100%.
August A report gives a quite different impression. The walk there indeed only requires about 15-20 minutes but, though picturesque, it is far from easy. The beach on the day of my contributor's visit was dreadful. There was a handwritten sign describing it as 'nudist beach', but there was no naturist in sight and loads of textiles. In addition, it was extremely dirty on that particular day, both on the beach itself and in the sea (the latter, to be fair, was due to the southern wind, and was probably true for every Cycladic island on that day).
2007 August: Barefoot reporters thought Kolitsani one of the most beautiful beaches around, with very nice water and fine sand. My reporters were nude until 3pm when the beach got very crowded and 95% textile; other people were not completely polite so they decided to leave. Recommended for the morning sun.
2010 June: a couple found just a scattering of people, only 30% nude, but beautiful pure sand, gently shelving into the water and sheltered from the wind. No shade, so own sunshade + food and water needed. Another reporter visiting on the first Sunday in September confirms this.
2013 July: from 10 am - 3 pm; my wife and I were the only nudes. But - totally 10-20 textile people stayed or passed through during this period. No-one took any offence at our nudity.
2014 July: Apparently a well known nudist cove because our hotel even told us about it.
Just outside the Chora on the road heading to Mylopotas you will see two mini-markets across the street from each other. Just past this point there is a road on your right. Signs on the building wall point to Kolitsani Beach, and Pavezzo and Blue Horizon Studios. Continue all the way down the road for about 5 minutes or so, past several houses with private driveways. You will eventually come upon a very faded sign nailed to a tree post pointing to the beach to the right. Go on this road a short few metres, you will see another Kolitsani Beach sign pointing off the road onto a footpath. The path is rocky and you need to be careful. Actually there appear to be three trails, take the one on the right for an easier descent down to the cove, follow the white arrows painted on the rocks on the ground (the left path leads to higher ground for a view down). You will soon approach the beach, announced by another sign Kolitsani Nude Beach.
The cove is very beautiful, sandy and backed by rocks, and about 1-1/2 football fields across. There are no services here, so bring provisions. On this day there were only about 14 people (about 5 couples) pretty evenly split male/female. About 5 males were nude and 2 females (the other women were topless).
2019 August: several boat tours stop at Kolitsani. Nevertheless, the eastern part of the beach before the rock was mostly nude. The western part after the rock 100% textile. Great beach with a nice little hike to get there.
September went to Kolitsani beach from the town. Asked the bus driver to drop us at proper location, walked the concrete lane to the sign on the tree post. Upon arrival, (11:15 am) only one female, naked lying on the naturist side of the beach. I was the first male to go naked on that section. My wife kept her clothes on. We were followed on the beach by a straight couple and four other young people (two males two females, all textile). When they saw the naked female, they moved to the other side of the rock that separates both sides. Later on, another straight couple came down from another path near the old taverna. They stayed on that side of the beach (naked part) with their clothes on. Another man clothed took a place not far from where we were. He went snorkelling and didn't care about me being naked. I walked naked along the beach, even passing by the clothed people without any problem. Around 2 o'clock, a single naked man sat on the beach until I left (around 3 o'clock). The beach is beautiful and the sand so nice, while entering the water is easy and lovely. The best beach I visited over the four islands I went on this trip.
2022 July: approaching the beach from the east side, we noticed several signposts pointing to " Kolitsani nude beach". when we arrived, around 11AM, there were three single nudists in the eastern part and one textile middle-aged couple in the western part. Already around noon there were eight nudists on the eastern part, and on the western part about fifteen textile and three nudists; that correlation more or less lasted until afternoon. At late afternoon there were around 30 people and only four naturist (among one was walking around interested in seeing male crouch). The beach is mostly sandy and quite shallow.
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