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Ligres beach is accessible by a good road (follow sign from Kerames to "LIGRES" and "Best Beach" - straight ahead at the junction in Kerames). An idyllic part of the coast which cannot long remain undeveloped. Take advantage of it whilst you can.
1999 September: The Captain took this advice. There had clearly been a major bush fire in this area and the road to Ligres passed through burned- out woodland. There is a taverna at the end of the road and also what is described as a "mini-market" - although the Captain understands that this is in the bedroom of the taverna owner!
A report from June spoke of a taverna open with rooms to rent sign. There were about 6 textiles in front of the taverna, 3 people nude other end of beach. 2nd bay one other couple. Excellent, quiet all day. A later report from Summer confirms plenty of scope for nude sunbathing but with a moderate sea running, swimming would have been ill-advised due to the very strong undertow.
Walk east along the beach from here. The further you walk, the more nude and deserted it becomes. Pass a large rock at the water's edge and, if you are lucky, you will have miles of deserted beach all to yourselves.
The beach was long, made of sand and small pebbles, and easy to walk on in bare feet. Wonderful swimming (partly rock shelf underfoot, similar to Kommos). We had something like half a mile of beach with one other (nude) couple on it. It is immensely reassuring that deserted yet beautiful places like this can still be found.
2003: And still another beach, according to correspondents, by going 200-300m over the rocks to the east of the taverna, when they found about 500m of “empty sand beach, only for us”. Sounds good!
2003 / 2004 September: The Captain returned and can confirm that little has changed. You could walk naked for miles along this beach. The Captain set off exploring to the east as far as the eye could see. The beach curves slightly to the left, and the Captain could see the enormous dune in the distance which appeared to be Ag Pavlos. Blissful.
Barefoot reporters who visited in September (also in June 2005) found some textiles and campers at the entrance to the beach. Also, because of where the sun was, it looked a bit "grey". So they decided to try and drive a little more to the east. We followed a dirt track on the top of the cliffs and had a great view over Ligres. But we could not get back down to the coast. Consequently it would have been better to walk along the beach from Ligres to the east. They saw only a small number of people on the beach, all nude.
2009: From the summer there is an easier way to reach this beach; right in front of the 2nd taverna that has opened there are some steps leading to the path. This means that you don't have to climb on the rocks and that you won't pass the small waterfall (which is now accessible with some steps too).
The beach has small pebbles and coarse sand, while some large rocks provide shade. The sea is fine and deepens slowly. The bottom of the sea has fine pebbles near the shore, then some smooth rocks and finally sand. My contributors visited on a weekday in August and the beach was occupied by only two more naked couples.
It is a very quiet place, though sometimes it might be occupied by some free campers (there are signs of free camping near the rocks, but no litter at all). Wearing sandals, my contributors were able to do a long nude walk over the headland to the west that divides this beach from the Kerame beach and wander on that beach too.
2010 September: A correspondent who visited the beach found it marvellous. Around the big rocks some 5 couples were present, all naked. However he had trouble finding the beach, hence some better instructions:-
On the road from Spili to Agia Galini, 5 km past Spili turn right at the sign: Ligres beach 19 km. Below it is a road sign with Kerames in greek characters. From here it takes 25 minutes to reach the beach. You will have to drive through Kerames and the next village Agalianos. Then keep on driving downhill till you reach the Ligres beach taverna. However parking space is limited.
Another beach can be found by walking to the west of the taverna at Ligres. There is a small path along the rocky shore. If, after walking about 50m, you see a small waterfall, you are in the right direction. The path involves some "light" climbing, but my contributor thinks that anyone can follow it easily. After about 300m you reach a small bay - about 200m long - that is totally deserted.
June: The beach near tavernas was 100% textile, but if you walk for about 400m the beach was almost empty with several nude people mixed with textiles.
2011 August: A lot of people, fully clothed and no place to go nude. It is not a pity because Triopetra is much more beautiful.
2012 September: There were 3 or 4 nude couples in the rocky outcrop in the photo below.
2014 August: Keremes Village now has 2 supermarkets and 3 cafes making the whole area much more tourist-friendly. Naturism is no problem on most of the beaches where you are not overlooked. This is a fantastic place for a first-timer as there is so much space and it is so quiet! Try taking the path from villa maria at Ligres beach. As you look at the sea keep going to the right along the coast, you will soon find a fantastic beach with the most beautiful stones. Sometimes you can spend a whole day here and not see another person! Go over to the next beach and it's the same story! Clothing here really has no use! This part of the island can stay warm well into November! Swimming at Christmas is not off the cards!
2015 September: Great place. Go beyond rocks and sight of Taverna and you can share vast beach with minimal number of people, lovely swimming, this is what life is about!
2018 September: A few naturist couples around large rocks and beyond.
2019 September: Visited twice. Took beach tent to near the big rocks about 10mins from the Taverna. Stayed there all day, lovely water and sand. Blissful. Beach varies from one day to another in terms of nude/non-nude. Be discreet.
2020 August: The beach near the taverna is not for nudists, but after the small waterfall you can walk over the beach to Katsouni, a beautiful bay, a few nude people. Continue over the dunes to the west for another beautiful beach, the see on google maps link below refers to it as Agia Fotini.