The south-facing main beach of Aghios Pavlos is easily accessible. Parking abuts this textile beach. Just over the hill to the west of the beach is a considerably harder-to-reach beach that faces west. This beach is visited by nudists. The difficulty of access is due to the very steep sand hill behind the beach. You have to descend the face of the hill to get to the beach, with no switchbacks to help you along since it's a basically a giant sand dune. The uphill return is even more challenging. There is a boardwalk of sorts that will help you along part of the way. Despite the access challenge, the beach is well attended but never crowded. Nudity is well accepted, but the crowd tends to be a mix of nudists and textile.

If you walk north on the beach (to the right when facing the sea), you will come to an outcropping consisting of two huge rock masses. Depending on the tide, you may be able to skirts around the rocks. Otherwise, it is possible to scramble over them on the inland side. Beyond the rocks is more beach, and attendance is sparser. Most of those who go to this part of the beach go nude.

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GPS: 35.1027, 24.5605

city, island, country  Aghios Pavlos, Crete, Greece

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