Archived Reports
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1997: “We walked along the E4 footpath towards Sougia. The walk was very pleasant, and not as difficult as we were expecting. There were also lots of people and all of them fully clothed – many of them families with small children, until we got to the last of the Anidri beaches, where almost all the people were naked. This is a very nice shingle beach, clean and litter free. At about 3 pm, a pleasure boat arrived and disgorged 50 or so people, all clothed, onto the beach, driving almost all of the nudists into the rocks. The boat anchored for about 90 minutes, but was very off-putting for some people. In spite of this, we both had a brill day out.”
1999: When the Captain visited in September on a disappointingly windy day this large and beautiful beach was practically deserted. However a kantina had sprouted at the back of the middle beach, largely used by locals. It did not seem to have any effect on the use of the main beach by naturists. A correspondent reports 50/50 with/without clothes and no problems being nude. Let us hope this does not change with the advent of the road.
2000: A report from a local from Paleochora – who happily strips off on his way to the beach – confirms that this is still usually a 100% nude beach. However, another report suggests that one of the beaches is now equipped with beach umbrellas. Let us hope this is not another delightfully natural spot about to be ruined.
Another report suggests sunbeds and umbrellas are now spread on the whole Eastern beach in TWO rows!!! You can still be in the nude, it seems that there is a natural spatial division occurring between nude and textiles (about 50 – 50). The upgrading of the E4 footpath means that the old spirit of trekking from Paleochora seems to have gone.
2001: Correspondents who visited in May went to the furthest of three beaches. It is a lovely sweep, forming a small bay and sheltered if the wind is from the west. Very clear water, pebbles and fine shingle, not too steep so OK for nervous swimmers. There were about 15 umbrellas in a single line round the beach, but plenty of space to make your own spot nearer the water or by the rocks at the West end. Most people nude, probably about 20% textile. A delightful beach which they shall aim to visit again. In June a Correspondent said the third Anidri beach was one of their favourite beaches with great swimming. It was beautiful, very clean with clear water and fish. The water is warmer on the east end of the beach (far end) probably because there is no current to mix the water. The water on both ends of the beach was warmer than Paleochora. It was 70% nude, uncrowded with a mix of ages (no little kids).
The sandy promontory at its western end hides a rather pleasantly ramshackle taverna and stops the noise of its generator being audible. Civilisation has also provided a couple of useful beach showers. My contributor admitted that the cost of two sunbeds and an umbrella was money well spent on a beach without natural shade. The umbrellas were well spaced, both rows were mostly occupied, and they had the effect of spreading out the available naturists over the whole length of the beach. It was only as they left that my contributors realised that textiles were crowded close together right at the far end: an interesting reversal of the normal state of affairs! In July my correspondents found the northerly Meltemi very strong around Paleohora, yet the conditions here were perfectly calm. The sea had the tranquility, temperature and clarity of a perfect swimming pool, yet 1km back towards Paleohora the wind was strong enough to whip up sheets of spray from the sea surface.
The dirt road out to the beach is in fine shape. You don’t need ground clearance. The only steep slope has been concreted and any small car should be able to make the trip. The only danger is if you drive really fast you may cut a tyre. Ours was the only jeep in the parking lot, everything else was Fiat Pandas and Citroens. There is dedicated parking for the third beach, and you can leave your clothes in the car. My contributors also went for a nice hike up the E4 trail at the end of the beach and didn’t bother getting dressed for that. In September a Report found the Anidri beaches completely textile on a Sunday. It is not uncommon for the nature of beaches to change at weekends when (typically – but not uniquely) textile local people tend to use the beaches. They were 50% nude the rest of the time.
2004: A contributor who visited in May said great disappointment was experienced at Anidri where the pebble/shingle beaches remain very exposed and the easternmost sand beach now boasts 2 rows of sunbeds and whilst no more than 20 people were present none was nude, nor even topless. One would not consider the journey worthwhile especially in the light of the Trahili beaches. Other reports from 2004 and 2005 are more positive. The sunbeds are 6 euros per day, the beach is well cleaned and attended, and the sea gave good snorkelling. The beaches were not crowded, though there were 50 or so nudists even on a Sunday. Nudist percentages at the furthest beach to the east varied from 66-75%. There are good possibilities for nude walks, too: one contributor walked nude for an hour eastwards along the E4 and saw no-one; another turned left just before the beaches (coming from Paleochora, presumably) and enjoyed a naked walk up the gorge and back. Another contributor tried walking nude up the Anidri gorge but met quite a few people coming down – they didn’t seem to mind though. He tried again and met nobody. But the walk from Sougia is described as 5 hours hard slog – great views, however. There’s a lovely beach of coarse grey sand about halfway between Paleochora and Lissos. If walking nude make sure that you don’t fall onto the rocks and sharp thorns or you’ll wish you’d been wearing motorcycling leathers or a suit of armour. At times your solitude may be interrupted by groups of walkers coming the other way.
2006: A report from June confirms continued naturist use of the easternmost Anidri beach. The eastern half was nearly 100% naturist and very relaxed. There was textile traffic in the form of walkers on the E4 path, but this was not problematic. A parasol and 2 sunbeds cost 5 euros for the day, and the concession holder stripped off and had a swim himself at the end of the day. Other reporters have seen him cleaning the beach every morning.
2008: A visit in late September found the eastern half of the east beach occupied by about 20 people and 100% nudist. There was less folk in the non-nudist western half of the beach.
This is the contributor’s favourite European beach and the one where his wife first experienced the joys of going ‘au naturel’ some years ago.
2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 – no significant changes
