Beaches

There are about 15 beaches on this island but unfortunately only half as much are worth visit. The other beaches are dirty by different reasons: garbage, oil or seaweed.

The closest beach to Chora is Tsigouri that you find if you take to the right (east) where the village begins. The walk is about 10 minutes. It's a nice sandy beach, with a nearby restaurant and pension, see the article Where to stay.

Further to the south there is a beach called Livadi (have you heard the name before?). You reach the beach after a 15 minutes walk. It's a sandy beach and capes on both sides protect it. You can find some shadow underneath some trees. In the surroundings new buildings was constructed during 1997. I suspect that some of the buildings are planned to be taverns and pensions or hotels.

Next beach to the south is Aligaria, which actually consists of three small coves with sand. You have to walk about 30 minutes to reach those beaches.

To the south-east in a small bay you find LioLiou beach and some hundred meters to the north Bazeou beach. It two small coves mostly with sand and with rocks between. Of season these beaches are very quite and I regard them as CO-beaches. On main-season there may be more visitors to the beaches thanks to a nearby tavern that then is opened.

Almiros beach to the east is a sandy beach with tamarisk that provides with some shadow. There is a settlement nearby. A twenty minutes walk from Chora.

A little north to Almiros beach you have Foudana beach. Too much seaweed I'm afraid.

Maybe the most beautiful beach is Psili Ammos north-east of Chora. The beach has nice sand and is well protected since it's situated in a small bay. You can't find much shadow on this beach, but some tamarisks have been planted. To reach the beach you are heading north to the little village Messariá. There you find a signpost to the east. It's little less then half an hour's walk.

There is a small beach called Fikio North of Messariá. You can’t find any shadow on this beach and unfortunately the beach have a lot of seaweed.

In the north-west there is a beach called Gerolimionas, at least the bay has that name. The beach is nice situated in the bay which is rather deep. But there is a garbage and oil on the beach so it is not a particularly pleasant experience. I don't think this beach is much visited, so it's no problem to be naked if you like.

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Lasse (62.20.12.xxx) 2009-12-03 13:30:17

Hej! Vi var på Schinoussa 2008, och dina strandbeskrivningar stämmer ganska bra. Vad gäller Tsigouri gick vi 200 meter mot söder, och där var det ett engelskt par, stammisar, som var helt nakna och mycket bruna, så där var det fritt fram. På Psilli Ammos ena dagen var det ett grekiskt par som gjorde även den till en clothing optional. Gerolimionas - stranden var ren, men allt samlat skräp låg i en hög vid norra kanten till berget. Vi var ensamma flera timmar båda dagarna (för vi var tidiga). Fikio var helt tom och mycket fin tycker jag. Allt detta gäller i september. Är Hans Huisman från Holland en kompis till dig? Han har kopierat hela din text om Sch. beaches till sin sajt i alla fall.

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Rune (62.20.12.xxx) 2009-12-03 07:22:32

Intressant med era iakttagelser så sent som 2008! Reser man under september så är det naturligtvis mindre trångt på stränderna!

Jag känner inte Hans Huisman, och har nu kontakten honom. Han får använda min information om han ger mig "credit".

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