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Reports reach me of another suitable beach further east of Frangokastello. The beach is immaculately clean and mostly extremely fine gravel: comfortable for walking barefoot, yet the stuff doesn't lodge everywhere like sand does. It slopes quite gently, so it's also safe for paddling, though both the beach and the entry to the water are a bit rocky in places. We met several naturist couples on our numerous visits there; they had also found the beach by persistent trial and error.
2004 September: there were textile campers here, and signs of camping in July 2005 too; but no one was around on that July day, and the beach is described as lovely.
2009: Unfortunately the farmer has now erected a fence at the top of the road and there is no longer access to this beach.
2016 October: contributors report being able to access this beach by walking over the small rocky peninsula separating it from the next cove to the west. They cycled from Frangokastello taking the road to Mary Beach and then following the road going eastwards past Zorbas Skaloti. This road is a dead end and at the very end there are two apartment blocks on the right. It is possible to get as far as this point in a regular 2-wheel drive car but from here onwards it is necessary to walk. Immediately before the apartment blocks there is a right turn into a rough dirt track which leads around the back of the apartments and then bears right down to the cove on the western side of the peninsula. It is not very far, no more than five minutes on foot.
This westernmost cove has coarse sand and pebble beach and our contributors report that it was deserted when they visited. Most of the beach is hidden from the view of the apartments above the beach and although they didn’t put it to the test, our contributors felt nudism might be possible on this beach at that time of year.
Along the side of the peninsula on the left (east) of this beach a steel mesh fence has been erected. A lightly trodden path is discernible crossing the fence, leading eastwards up and over the peninsula. Our correspondents discovered at the point where the path crosses the fence a mesh panel is loosely secured with a piece of rope - a typical “Greek farmer’s gate” (indicated by arrow on panorama photo). A short walk, again no more than five minutes will get you to the beach on the east side of the peninsula.
Our contributors report that around four or five people were camping on the beach, one being nude. Unfortunately they had dogs, one of which was aggressive, continuously barking and straining at a rather inadequately secured lead. Its owner was unable to keep it under control and our contributors felt neither comfortable nor safe and promptly left. A pity really as otherwise it seemed to them like a good location.
They exited the beach by scrambling through the trees mentioned above and reached the dirt track. A 2-wheel drive car, presumably belonging to the campers was parked there suggesting that access to this track may no longer be obstructed as was indicated in 2009. However, our contributors decided to turn back and return the way they came so this isn’t confirmed.
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