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A report from May 2004 describes Lara as a very long sandy beach by Cyprus Standards. A very quiet beach for the size and the nudists (mostly locals) stay at the far end near the white cliffs. Lara beach is an excellent place for all nudists in Cyprus; it is very natural and clean for everyone who likes to swim nude.
Lara is sandy and about 400m wide. Outside the peak summer period you simply park yourself at least 30m from any clothed group and strip off. It will be unusual if other people don't start stripping off as well - always assuming the others are tourists and not locals! The beach shelves gently but the sea can be dodgy as it is exposed to the West and there are submerged rocks within 20m of the high tide line. There has been the odd fatality in rough weather so take care.
Lara Beach is definitely a difficult drive. It is well used, (Sept. 2010) but with no evidence of nudity. I asked one English couple who were walking ahead of me, and away from the textiles if they were aware of nude sunbathing here. Despite being frequent users, they were unaware of any, but stated clearly that they had no objection to me being nude near them. I stayed for an hour, the lone nudist. I drove around the cove and took one of the many tracks that lead off from the main road. I stumbled upon a vast sandy beach with nobody on it. From the road, its identifying feature is that the parking area has three steel posts driven into the ground to prevent your vehicle from going over the cliff! The beach turned out to be the main turtle hatching site. Plastic hoops were dotted all around with signs asking you not to disturb the nests. There was nothing to indicate that you cannot use this beach. I was alone for the entire afternoon. Occasionally, people would appear at the edge of the cliff, but so far up that I wasn't bothered.
Earlier reports mentioned two small mini coves at the North end of the beach which are reasonably sheltered and backed by 10m cliffs. The rest of the beach is about 300m wide and rather flat with a tavern on the near headland.
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Historic reviews
2017: While driving on to Lara can be “exciting” it is possible to access some nice beaches with a standard car. If you drive the track towards Lara, just before the end of the tarmac you come to a burger van on the cliff top, the road descends from here and at the bottom of the hill you see a dirt track to the left sign-posted “beach”. This beach is usually empty and often the only occupants will be naturists. It’s not a nudist beach but is usually empty enough.
The next beach is only a few hundred yards further, If you take the “Lara” track to the end of the tarmac then another 100 yards brings you to a right turn for “The Last Castle” tavern, at this turn you can park up and walk to the beach.. A nice long beach, not naturist but empty enough to find your spot, I’ve used this beach regularly without problem.
2018 March: The two main beaches either side of the headland at Lara are busy and were 100% textile, even when we visited at the end of March. However, beyond the first beach on the north side of the headland there is another beach which we found to be deserted. Grid Ref: 34°57’47.2″N 32°18’50.0″E. A large number of protective cages stored among the rocks suggest this beach to be the one referred to above as “the main turtle hatching site”.
We reached it by climbing over the rocks at the end of the foreshore just beyond the turtle information centre. There also appears to be a dirt track running to it but getting as far as the two main beaches by car is challenging enough. Approaching from Paphos the paved road ends just before Toxeftra Beach Grid Ref: 34°54’43.0″N 32°19’40.8″E. The last branch of track leading down to this beach is in very poor condition and probably not traversable even in a 4WD. The presence of steel posts near this track also seems to confirm it as “the main turtle hatching site” The sand is not quite as good as on the two main Lara beaches and there are some pebbles. There is also some jetsam and flotsam and the sea seemed rougher than at the main beaches but at least we had the entire beach to ourselves.