Greece - Kefalonia

In September 2001 Mike2 (mikes 'at' cwcom 'dot' net) emailed these notes to the NUFF team.

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We went to Kefalonia in August 2001. This was during the hype for Captain Corelli's Mandolin and included public holidays in both UK and Kefalonia, so I guess it was the busiest possible time. Bus services are pretty poor; you will need a car nevertheless it is a beautiful island. My thanks to Cap'n Barefoot's website. We did not visit every beach, these are the ones we visited.

Avithos
is the best by far. From Argostoli go along the south coast road past the airport to Svoronata. About half a kilometre after a taverna called Dum Spiros Spero and a petrol station, the main road turns sharp left. Go straight on, signposted Avithos, pass a go-cart track and in 2 Km park at the beach. The lower taverna is better than the higher. Turn left, facing seawards, (east) and walk for about 10 minutes along the beach and beyond the statutory rock. The naturist beach is delightful. There is sand with very little shingle, but a few underwater boulders. We found mostly couples and no voyeurs/exhibitionists. You can also approach from the east, Paliolithos (no camping, no nudism) but its a rough road, and a rocky walk. There is a pretty walk (dressed) back from there to the car park through the fields and olive groves.

Litheros
is about 2 Km west of Lourda which is a well advertised/signposted resort. It's signposted down a very narrow lane off the road between Lourda and Trapezaki. The taverna is nothing special. There's a little harbour, turn right facing seawards (west) and walk 7 minutes to pass the rock as usual. We found some naturists, more textiles, umbrellas, but no reaction from other users or farmers in tiny fields behind beach. The beach is sand and a little shingle.

Mounda
beach is one and a half kilometres west of Skala and signposted off the main road. There is a huge, quiet sandy beach stretching east and west. To east (left facing seawards) it is deserted BUT weed increases as you go in that direction and a hotel is under construction on Cape Mounda.

Skala
is very developed. There is a pretty town with trees behind beach. Turn right facing seawards (south), drive and then walk south about 1 km to the usual rock. Very popular naturist beach, sand and shingle.

Mirtos
is well advertised, has large pebbles, is very busy, and has no naturists.

Aghia Kiriakis
is very quiet. It is best approach by road via Zola and has a good, simple taverna but big shingle. Quiet to east (right facing seawards) popular with camper vans, we did not investigate further.

Xi
(pronounced ksee) is quite busy and there's a big hotel. If you turn right facing seawards (west) beyond the usual rock it is NOT naturist; local people come to smear clay from the cliffs onto their skins, I suppose its a beauty treatment. Further to the west (west of Cape Xi) is a quiet beach, but there were no cars parked on the road, access may be difficult and we did not investigate.

Mike2


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