Not to be confused with another Pounda, which is the ferry port for Antiparos.

From Parikia follow signs for Marpissa and Piso Livadi. If approaching Marpissa and Piso Livadi from the north, then Pounda is the third road on the left after passing Piso Livadi.

Pounda beach is 100m long and 20m from water to the top of the beach. It consists of fine golden sand. The area used by nudists is at the far end (left) of the beach. There are facilities on the beach and sun loungers and parasols for hire, but this is in the textile section. Access to the water is easy. The snorkelling was very good and the beach was very clean.

1998 June: Earlier reports have been mixed. According to a report between Tsardhakia and Logharas: this is a fine beach where there were always nudists at the far end from the taverna which plays loud non-Greek music (at the far end you can only hear the beat).

1999 September: Another correspondent visited the beach of Pounta, it is about 1 kilometre from Piso Lavadi and 0.5 km from Logaras. There is a large sandy beach where about 90% were topless and about 50% naked. The rock section on the left of the beach (when facing the sea) is about 90% naked. This a very nice and relaxed beach. It was clean, but a bit windy. My correspondent rated it 80%.

2001 May: the north end had the same small number of nudists lying on the sand as in 1998 but the rest of the beach had continued to be developed with beds, umbrellas, tables, bars, tavernas, loud music and a lot more facilities behind the beach. My correspondents got to the south end and saw one nudist lying on the sand behind the beds and were considering walking on to the cove at Mezadha when a flamboyant beach attendant approached and said "have two beds, they are free" and to give him a call if we wanted anything. When they asked about nudity he said that the whole beach was free, people were free to do as they pleased and that he would like the nudists that were along the coast in coves to use his beach. So we used the beds, the only ones of 4 weeks island hopping, and had a waiter service lunch on the beach. Pounda is very like Paradise Beach on Mykonos, very loud music and a young textile clientele, but nudists ARE welcome and! there is something to be said for having a sandwich and a beer brought to your table on the beach.

Despite that apparent welcome a contributor who visited in June 2001 could see no nudists on this beach, and there was a beach patrol car on the road above the beach.

2003 June: Visitors said that the beach is very commercialised with loud music and touts trying to entice you into their bars or onto their beds (sun loungers). The nudists are vastly outnumbered, but there seems to be happy coexistence. A English woman we met, who lives on Paros, told us that during the months of July and August it is not possible to go naked on Pounda as the beach is full of Greek families (see conclusions below).

This beach is very nice, and it has good facilities, but like Santa Maria, my contributors felt like nudists on a textile beach, and because of this scored it just 65%.