This has a famous beach right in the centre with a picturesque cliff face honeycombed with caves once inhabited by hippies. It is not used by naturists.

The Captain called here for lunch during September 1988 and formed the view that there were quite a lot of hippies still present, although they're now mostly in their 50s and 60s. By comparison with the 1960's no doubt things are a lot karma.

2016: It is not a naturist beach but Matala comes to life at about 9 AM. Before 8.30 AM there are just a few early swimmers on the beach, most of them on the central part. If you go to the cave-side, there is usually no-one before that time and you can swim naked (but not spend a long time naked on the beach). On a few occasions there were other naked swimmers. Some of the textile swimmers however are not too shy to change clothes on the beach without any cover. Older people who have seen it all, enjoy Matala. But this is before most people get up, and not in front of the tavernas where some people are cleaning up.

Matala

Matala

5:04 am, May 16, 2025

21°C

broken clouds

Humidity: 41 %

Pressure: 1009 mb

Wind: 2 mph

Wind Gust: 6 mph

Clouds: 60%

Visibility: 10 km

Sunrise: 6:16 am

Sunset: 8:18 pm

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