Nero Beach – Kato Koufonissi

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On Kato Koufonissi, Nero beach is a long beach of grey sand with pebbles of a huge variety of colours along the shoreline. It is surrounded by cliffs and there were a few wild campers. As you have to go by boat from Ano Koufonissi to get there, there is plenty of space, little shade and some people (30%-ish) were nude. Early reports suggested this was not as nice a beach as those on Ano Koufonissi. But more recent contributors disagreed.


2004: A report spoke of enjoying the almost deserted beaches there in the nude; however there are no services and if you camp and want to take a shower you have to go to the taverna.

2005 August: A Barefoot reporter had the impression that most people on Nero beach were naturists perhaps 80%. At the left side of the beach, as you come out of the boat, 100% were naked. Many were Greek campers, "hippy style", who had camped under the shade of the few trees there. Very relaxed, very cool and friendly; it seemed like Athenians that wanted to completely break free from civilisation. They were very deeply and uniformly tanned, like they had been worshipping the sun naked for a long time (and they had, given all the cooking utensils and "infrastructure" they had spread all around their tents). Anyone who wore a swimming costume might feel like an intruder! My contributor definitely recommends this beach to naturists, compared to those at Ano Koufonissi, although indeed, the beaches on Ano Koufonissi are more spectacular.

September - A Barefooter thought Nero a great beach - unspoilt, backed by nice cliffs, big enough to give everyone lots of space, a few trees at the end for a bit of shade.

2007: The beach boats visit every couple of hours from Koufonissi (in 2007 it was 4 Euros). They stop at the taverna at the north end of the island first, then usually go on to Nero. It's about a 40-minute walk from the taverna to Nero, and you pass a few smaller beaches on the way - you could probably go nude on these as well, but it's worth pressing ahead to get to Nero. In June, Barefoot reporters found this a lovely wild setting with cliffs behind, nowhere selling anything, so take your own food, water and sunshade. Naturist area (which was 80% naturist) is to the left of where the boat drops you. There were some free campers, who were "visited" by the Port Police from Kato Koufonissia when our reporters were there. The police showed no interest in the naturists.
On the third day my intrepid reporters took the boat to Kato Koufonissia, the Meltemi was really strong and the boat only went to the first jetty (by the taverna). They found a lovely sheltered (if stony) cove (which we had all to ourselves) and then went to the taverna (which is charming) before getting the boat back.

2011: the boat was €5 return. The number of people naked on the beach and where they go depends on who goes on a particular day, so it's a bit awkward knowing where to go when a big group of people arrive on the first boat. There is always a small group of free campers who are naked, camping in and around the group of trees behind the middle of the beach.

2016 September: On a visit to Nero Beach the beach was fairly quiet. A few people were nude and others on the beach were not bothered. There were a few hippies camping there were nude. The boat is still 5 Euros return.

Walker's guide: from the taverna, there's a clear path past the campsite on the left and a holiday home on the right, up a small hill. Over the hill the path is not as wide, but it's still easy to follow down to the first beaches on the left. (15min). Follow the path some 25m inland behind the beach, and it starts going uphill. There are more small beaches to the left, but you go through a makeshift gate in the wire fence and follow goat-tracks uphill. At the top there's a fairly flat goat pasture. Moving further away from the coast, bear right a bit and cross the field a bit further uphill, looking for a small ruined building. (30 min.) From here you can see Nero below. Follow the line of the wall downhill - a bit steep here - some steps in places - across a dry riverbed - and you get to a great beach.

2021 July: The boat is still €5 return. Most of the beach is textile, but you can practise naturism in the southern end. As the day goes by more and more textiles arrive.

2022 July: The boat price has gone up to €7 per person and the beach was 50-50 nudist. However in July the boat stops at the tavern and you have to walk there. This makes the beach nude-friendly.

2023 September: The boat price was €5 again for the all day ticket. However, we didn't actually try it was we had spoken with others on the main island and they had said it wasn't really worth going as beaches not that big and not easy to shelter from the wind.

2024 June: Almost totally deserted as the boat doesn't stop here until later in the season. The few visitors were a mixture of nude and textile, but were so spaced out it was hard to see what anyone else was wearing except when arriving/leaving. A similar experience also in June 2023.

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