To pidima tis grias (previously described here as “Melissa beach”)

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Brilliant, absolutely brilliant, says my contributor: this must be a 'perfect' beach by any standards. But unfortunately recent reports say this is not a nudist beach any more; a report from June 2006 confirming lots of young Greek families and no chance of naturism whatsoever, and another from September 2007 confirming its textile character.

Whether nude or not this picture postcard bay is quite lovely. It's the one with the rock pinnacle sticking out of the water. Don't be put off by the steep climb down: it is much easier than it looks. Shade, water-filled caves, clean and sandy with some rocks to the left and shallow water without currents, I don't think I've left anything out, only no taverna perhaps, somehow that would spoil it for us. While we were there we saw only one other person on the beach fishing with a line for a few hours. We went to the opposite end at the right, and stripped off immediately. Our local informant had told us that this beach is a go-as-you-please beach but with virtually no-one else there it is hard to comment really. The left half of the beach is partly overlooked by the dirt road above (which goes nowhere anyway) and the steep cliffs make the rest of the beach very secluded. PS: the Toubi's 1996 map puts the beach in the wrong place, it is closer to Korthi than they show it.

Many signs indicate the way to the beach from Korthi. You can get there by car, motorbike, taxi, or on foot. There is now a path getting down from the road. The access is very easy. This is why "To pidima tis grias" is not a naturist beach any more. However the second time my contributor visited it (at nine o'clock in the morning) there was only one young woman nude and my contributors stripped off only until the first family came (at one o'clock) and started yelling at them that the beach is not a naturist one. Anyway, naturist or not, the beach is wonderful.

A report reaches the Captain of a beach said to be nearby which we will call Pidimatis Grias No 2. You pass the wooden sign for Pidimatis Grias and after the left turn off the road (about 100 metres) there is on your right an entrance for a yard (my contributor found it open but if it is closed it's easily jumped) you enter and after 15 metres the paved road ends (it must be a parking) and a path begins, you see on your left a very nice rock house, the way down is easily found but a couple of times you must be careful and especially when reaching the beach where you must jump over 30cm of a gap in a rectangular construction. There you are: a beautiful beach with pebbles, rocky on the left, a bit small (15-20 people make it very crowded) but you can move on left on the rocks as far as you wish.

 

Every time my contributor visited it he was alone but you might see some brave swimmers or a group of textile youngsters who swim to the right hand end of the beach to dive from a big rock there. In that case he had to respect their choice to be textiles and moved to the left of the beach. My contributor rated it 100%, although there are no facilities, because it is so beautiful.

2006 June: To Pidima tis Grias No2 was empty and one could easily strip off without bothering or offending the textiles of beach No1, since you can't be seen from there. People can see you only from the road above the beach but I'm sure this would not be a problem at all.

2007 September: The word is that where the Rock House mentioned above has been built, it is sternly marked "Private Property: No Entrance". Access, as mentioned above is by a path descending to the right of the Rock House. In September 2008, the contributor and his wife shared the small beach with three local Greeks. A few folk swam round from Pidimatis Grias No 1, removed their swimming gear and spent some time sun-bathing on the nudist beach before returning. For strong swimmers it is worth the 5 minute swim across to a lovely secluded small beach. As you look out to sea it is off to the left partly hidden by rocks.

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