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In March 2018 Barefoot correspondents visited all the beaches on this stretch of coast. Local advice was that Melanda Beach took its name from the restaurant and not the other way round. From this they concluded that the beaches previously identified as “Melanda” or possibly “East Pissouri” were in fact unnamed beaches somewhere west of Avdimou and east of Pissouri.
At least two distinctly different beaches were described and some reports appeared to be muddled. New sections have been added below to clarify this and the descriptions and reports have been moved accordingly.
If you have more exact local knowledge on beach names or if you know that any of the reports have now been incorrectly matched to the wrong beach please amend.
Editor
2018
March: The western end of the beach was quite busy for March and 100% textile. Being a Sunday afternoon the restaurant was very busy with locals too. We walked the entire length of the beach up to the low sandstone cliffs at the eastern end (and beyond to Avdimou).
Although few people ventured more than half way up the beach and the eastern end was deserted we didn’t feel comfortable enough to strip off.
April: Beach much emptier but far too windy for the beach, naturist or textile! The restaurant was very good and reasonably priced. Lovely fresh fish!