Campers In The Nude
Anyone who goes camping in the nude. Be it a tent, trailer. or bus -- just like camping.
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Secret naked camping paradise in Greece
Return to DiscussionsMy favorite naked camping destination is in Chiliadu beach (Evia island)in Greece. It is the only beach in Greece where u can camp on the beach for free. The best period to go there is from middle of June till end of August. During weekends can be busy especially during August. It is just 2 hours away from Athens.The beach is beautiful and the atmosphere with the other campers is amazing. Half of the beach is with gay campers and the other one with straight people.There are a few restaurants 10minutes walking distance and a mini market. On the beach there are 2 showers. As far as WC service u need to walk till the parking area( 3 minutes from the beach).It is a wonderful paradise that I strongly recommend to all the naked campers!
Thanks for the info, always good to know of places where naked camping is good and I've had some great naked times on Greek beaches.
When I was a lot younger - 20/30's - we spent several holidays camping nude on various Greek island beaches, none were officially recognised for camping or nudity as far as I know, though both seemed to be tolerated as the locations were away from settlements. They weren't secret hideaways either, there were far too many people on some of them to be secret, even being mentioned in guide books for both the camping and nudity.
The island of Gavdos to the south-west of Crete was a favourite of mine, its off the main tourist trail and while there away from the small areas of settlement nudity was common, we camped naked on a couple of beaches there, both had quite a few other nudists doing the same. We went on various naked walks to adjacent beaches, the only people we met were others doing similar, most were also nude and those who weren't we'd seen naked on other beaches so nudity was never an issue. I believe its still possible to camp naked there now, though I haven't been back for about 10 years.
On Crete itself we camped nude at Glyka Nera/Sweetwater beach, between Hora Sfakion and Loutro on the southern side a few times, there were from 100-250 others camping naked. There is a small restaurant built just below the shoreline that serves drinks and simple dishes, you had to wear minimal clothing to eat there though, many did the same as us, only putting something on as we got to the entrance steps and getting naked again as soon as we'd left. The beach is reached either on foot - 45-60 mins walk from either nearby village or by boat from them both, its backed by high cliffs. We had some great times there, stocking up every few days with food and drink and staying naked 24/7 until we needed to get fresh supplies. We met some good people there on each visit, sharing meals and socialising with other nudists at night if we didn't want to have to dress to visit the villages for dinner.
I think my favourite naked camping holiday in Greece was on Naxos, south of Agia Anna +2o years ago. The beach is a broad sweeping one, several miles long and at the time was backed by a mix of dunes and scrubland, people camped both on the beach and just inland of it, there must have been several hundred people camping there, most were naked. We explored both the full length of the beach and the areas where camping happened while nude and carrying nothing, it was that normal to be naked that there was no need to worry about roaming and needing to carry anything to cover up with. There was a restaurant that let us use the showers and bathrooms provided we bought something there. The beach would often be visited by villagers riding donkeys and selling apricots, plums, peaches etc, no matter what age or gender the sellers were they didn't seem at all bothered by our nudity, it was good business for them and they'd probably come to look at seeing the nudists as a perk of the job!
It was a very friendly, laid back crowd of people both times we camped naked there. Unfortunately the pace of development means its no longer a naked paradise, lots of concrete instead nowadays.
Its good to know people still camp naked on Greek beaches.
It is great that such places exist, yet so sad that society generally just cannot accept similar situations elsewhere throughout the world. I doubt many would suggest every public space be clothing optional as we should respect the rights of those who prefer to be textile, but why is it that those who so choose believe theirs is the only way.