Most of the beaches where you can bare it all are on the South coast of Crete. Apart from our beach at Filaki these are NOT official naturist beaches so be considerate.
These are, anticlockwise from the South-West of the island:
Paleohora
A part of the long sandy beach is used by naturists. To the
east there is also the beach of Anidri
Sougia
The eastern end of the beach is a nudist beach
Agia Roumeli
Away from the main beach, go eastwards and cross the Samaria river
Agios Pavlos
Situated an hour's walk east of Agia Roumeli. A long and almost deserted beach
Sweet water beach (Glykanera)
A spectacular beach located about halfway between Loutro and Hora Sfakion
Filaki
This is the beach used by our hotel Vritomartis
Plakias
A long beach with a naturist section
Damnoni, Preveli
The situation there is changing all the time
Further to the East there is a very long beach stretching
all the way to Agios Pavlos (not the same
as the one mentioned above). Plenty of scope for naturism
Komos beach
To the North of Matala, probably one of the best naturist beaches
on Crete. Komos is a nesting site for sea turtles and great
care should be taken not to disturb them
Lentas
Also offers plenty of opportunities for nudism
Further on, East Crete does not seem to offer much for naturists.
The North coast of Crete does not offer many opportunities either, apart from tiny coves here and there.
One exception (but for how long?) is Giorgioupoli beach, between Hania and Rethimnon. The sandy beach is 9 km long and in the eastern part it is possible to be nude.
Beside the listed beaches there are of course plenty of tiny
coves everywhere for you to discover.
There are a number of naturist sites
which mention Crete. Below are some of the better sources:
Various naturist links in Crete at Creteisland.gr
Cap'n Barefoots Naturist Guide to the Greek islands is a very extensive site about naturism. You will find up-to-date information about naturism in Greece, South-west Crete, South Crete, East Crete and North Crete.
An article about nudity in ancient Greece
Nudism in Crete at Explorecrete.com also
mentions some beaches and how to get to them.
Nudism in Greece: a site in Greek
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