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Ouranoupolis – Athos

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Greece, Halkidiki, Mainland

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Note: The third peninsula of Halkidiki is a special case. Ouranoupolis is the last town you can visit freely. Further inside the peninsula, women are prohibited, and men need special approval which is supplied several weeks before the visit, since this place is meant to be “sacred”. On this rocky area, one of the most beautiful places in the world, lie dozens of monasteries and hermitages, some of which have stood there for more than 6 centuries. Our advice is to be discreet if you go nude near these places.

Athos is not a good place for nudism at all being a holy place for greek orthodoxy. Don't expect any tolerance by the locals or the many pilgrims.
This beach is on the third (Mount Athos) prong of Halkidiki and is an extension of the main town beach. My contributor and his wife spent a fortnight here in July [year?] and we had no problem going nude for all that time - there was one other nude German couple there also and several naturist individuals dropped in from time to time. There were quite a lot of ants but even these were "friendly" and did not seem to bite.

Also, opposite Ouranoupolis, there is an island called Donkey Island (part of the Drenia islands - see here) brings you to a fairly large shingle cove where there is no problem going nude. Take plastic shoes for going in the water though. Barefoot reporters only visited this beach once as the first beach on the mainland was more than adequate.
2017: The small island between Ouranoupoly and Donkey island (Pena Island) has also a very nice small beach facing south-west. This beach is accessible only from the sea.