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According to the book Walking the Aegean Islands this beach is often deserted. The day my contributor visited in June 2010 there were several free campers and some other day visitors. Beautiful sandy, gently shelving beach with shade from a couple of tamarisk trees but no facilities, so take food and water and perhaps shade. Around 14 people (mainly Italian), 2 topless girls (free campers), the rest naked. Because of its tranquility and relative remoteness, my contributor rated this even above Kendros.
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2012 July: Spent 4 days on Livadi Beach and camped there like most of the other 20 or so people. Some day visitors. I did see the boat arrive once or twice. Gorgeous beach with clean clear slowly-shelving water. Enough shade under the trees; just be happy to share with others who won't mind. Very easy-going pleasant people, mostly young Greeks and some other Europeans. Like most beaches that Greeks like to go to, there were more women than men. 80% nude minimum. Visit the spring just below the village. As someone who camps a lot, Livadi Beach is now one of my top two favourite beaches in all of the Greek Islands. Tzi Tzi Taverna is very nice with great view but note that there are no other shops in Mersini. Would recommend to people wanting to camp to stock up on supplies near the port and get the taxi to the village. Many people drink the water from the spring as did I.
2014: A report lifted from the Forum says: Livadi Beach is another sandy beach further away. It is an hour's strenuous walk beyond Kendros but can also be reached by the boat from the port (when it is not windy), or by bus and then climbing a long way down a path to the beach. This beach is mainly nudist even in August with free-campers camping behind and there are no facilities. There are some trees at the back of the beach but they are occupied by the campers.
2015: Visited this beach in early June. It is fabulous - even better than Kedros except for the long walk down to it. Loved the sea and the sand. Took our own beach umbrella, and had to hold on to it due to wind. There were maybe 12 people on the beach, all naturist. The walk up was much easier than the walk down, in my opinion. The Tzi Tzi tavern at the top was great. The 5.15pm bus back to Stavros was overfull. But a great day out all round. It was too windy for any boat trips.
Late June 2015: We took the boat from Stavros at 11am. Suggest wearing swimming or bikini bottoms to get on/off the boat or your shorts or skirt will get soaked as you get off the boat some 20 feet from the beach. On our visit, majority nudist. Nudist/Clothing-Optional mixed along the beach. Boat picked up at about 4.45pm.
2016 June: We only saw this beach from the beach boat, and everyone seemed to be clothed when the boat was dropping people off and picking up, but I suspect there was still naturism when boat not there.
2018 August: did not check closely, but from some distance textiles seemed to be the clear majority and lots of makeshift shelters did not encourage us going there…
2019 May: Not a soul on the beach. So take your kit off and relax.
2021 September: Amazing beach. Not too crowded. Space enough for everybody. Apart from the 10-15 camping people about 15-20 other people. Nice atmosphere. Mainly naturist but I noticed that there are also some first timers; people (hikers) start textile but when they see the dress code (actually undress code) they strip also.
The camping people put their clothes on when the ferryboat comes in. They help with the mooring line and help people off and on the ferry and in return the skipper brings groceries. One camping lady told me that the agreement with the skipper is that they do this dressed. N.B.:The Tzi Tzi taverna on the top was closed.
2023 May: Lovely hike to this isolated beach. Fantastic setting. Max 4 folks present, 75% naked. Superb swimming. Some shade under the tamarisk trees. No facilities.
Second week of June: Same experience. Hike down and up can be tough. Throughout the day 10 to 16 people. Only 4 free campers. 100% naturist after 2 straight Italian couples left (the men were topless).
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Visited in August 2024. The beach belongs to the nudists from end to end. There were a few textiles but they were scattered amongst us. One feels like nudism is mandatory here.
(When the ferry comes people put on clothes to help with bags, then take them off again. If you come by ferry be ready to go chest deep into the water)
Be warned that you will need some short of shading system here, as even the reflection of light from the sand will give you a sunburn. Some locals have built small huts for themselves and their families but outsiders are not allowed to sit there. You can only sit under the trees to hide from the relentless sun.
The best shading device I saw was by a girl who lied down and wrapped herself with a tarp, leaving only a slit open.
Campers set up tents behind the beach. There are trees but again shade is limited.
Make sure to have lots of water with you and something salty to eat. Access is either by ferry which will not come if the winds are strong or by the path from Mersini. The path is easy to go down but not so easy to go up.
At night you can lie down on the sand and watch the stars.