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2013 September: We decided to take the long dirt road from Hora to the most north-westerly beach on the island suspecting it would be totally deserted. The road takes a sharp northerly fork off the road towards Livhadia at the top of Hora town and initially winds up to the windmill overlooking the entire island and well worth a stop to take in the views. The rest of the road was awful especially beyond the turn off to the Monastery of St John (Agios Ioannis M). At one point it goes through the middle of a goat farm and we thought we were completely lost. Overall it took an hour. However the mountain scenery was beautiful and there are great views of the Aegean to the west after the monastery. We were not disappointed with the beautifully curved sandy bay which we had to ourselves for most of the day until a yacht sailed in and dropped anchor. For those who like solitude and don't mind lousy roads this is a must.
We did stop off at the Monastery of St John en route and could see that there was another isolated beautiful beach beyond it. However it can only be reached on foot, the track is about 2 miles and there is 1000 feet of descent. We thought we would save this for another day.
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it is a true paradise, to be reached by traveling a long dirt road that crosses the island (breathtaking views). When we were there the beach was totally deserted and remained so for almost the entire day. In the afternoon a car arrived with two girls who went topless.
There is no cell phone signal, there are no houses nearby. Only an absolutely uncontaminated Nature!
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