plaka beach

We got married in late August 2014 in Plaka Beach in Naxos. The beach was one of the most beautiful we have visited in Naxos. The sand was very clean, the waters were amazing, the sunset view was wonderful! Our wedding planner from Love and Dare Wedding & Event Planning had set up a beautiful backdrop for our wedding and managed to create a dream atmosphere for us and our 200 guests! After the wedding, we enjoyed our food, drinks and endless dancing at Yazoo Beach Bar Restaurant. Our wedding planner suggested this place, so that we wouldn't have to move by car. It was a beautiful experience! If we were to get married again, we would do it exactly the same way!

Great beach, great local restaurants, some area's for nude sun-bathing. Beach Chairs and Umbrella's available.

We had a relaxing beach day here,in September there was no crowed beach,in fact, for hundred meters you are all alone,free to enjoy the sandy beach,sandy bottom ( after Santorini this was a real treat ),take a meal at restaurants on the beach,and even admire the sunset if you are staying till evening. Easy to reach,by bus from town, and for the nature lovers this is heaven.

As there are no noptices, perhaps the following would help both those who want to enjoy naturist & those who want to avoid it. The reviewer on 6 September 2014 obviously saw an incident similar to the one in which I was involved, although she saw "locals" fighting with a naturist & only one local fought with me on about that date.Going south, naturists begin where the road goes behind dunes at the 3 Brothers Taverna (excellent for reasonably priced food & prompt service - some tables on the edge of the beach in the evening). The 1st 3 rows of sunbeds S of this point were naturist or mixed, together with the empty beach either side. The sea was shallow, with a sandy bottom in some areas, stones in others and areas of flat rocks. Which of these are be uncovered from time to time may depend on wave action. S of this there were 2 rows of umbrellas (road access signed "Petrino Beach") with no naturists. When I attempted to walk behind them a customer told me firmly that this was not a "nudie beach" & to go away. S of this a longish stretch of beach, naturist & mixed (the bus terminus is somewhere behind these dunes). S of this, I was walking S along the water's edge trying to see whether the next range of beds (with thatched canopies - "Sea Melody" is on the landward side of the dunes) had naturists - I have good distance sight & I was no more than 20 yds beyond the last naturist - when a man aged about 60 approached me from behind the beds and said angrily "Go away & if you come back I'll cut your ... off!". I tried to ask him his authority & why he had not politely asked me to put bottoms on, but he continued his angry threats, telling me to get back to my own country & mentioning the police. During this shouting match he grabbed both my wrists. Feeling that he was stronger than I & might have had the ear of the local police & that I might technically be breaking Greek law by being nude, I wrenched myself free & left. To this day, I do not know whether he was authorised by the owner of the beds I was approaching (few Greeks wear any ID or uniform), or simply unbalanced.

Nice big long beach with cafes and restaurants plus hotels along the front. I have heard that in June and July it is extremly busy here , but now in November it is very quiet and most of the businesses are closed down for the winter. There is a bit of weed in teh water but I have also heard that it is all cleaned up in the busy season too.

Nice combination of sunbeds/umbrellas to rent, with a store across the street where you could purchase cold beer. Easy to find - just take the bus to the end of the line! Some rocks in the water, which made footing a little slippery, but a beautiful beach. Very relaxing.

If you are looking for soft sand and a gentle slope into a clear sea, then definitely consider spending some time on this beach. Options for eating and accommodation across the road. Just the perfect beach to laze in the sun and seemed less windy than either Agia Anna or Prokopios which are an easy walk up the coast. Quiet place at the end of Sept but can see this being a very popular spot in the height of summer.

An undated bus timetable is given out free in the Naxos bus office. This displays only the leaving time of buses from the Chora and the leaving times from the place at the far end of each of 22 routes. So the traveller is left ignorant of 1) the duration of the journey 2) the route the bus travels over 3) the arrival time at places en route and 4) which vehicle is going to the place you want. The buses bear tiny numbers stuck on the windscreen, but these are vehicle numbers, not route numbers and have no bearing on where that bus is going. Buy a going and returning ticket at the office, (You can't always find a sales point at your destination and you can't buy on the bus.) and then try to find your bus. Try asking the driver. 'Is this the Ayia Anna bus?' 'One minute.' Rephrase the question.'Where is this bus going?' 'One minute.' Try in bad Greek. 'Pou pygeine afto to leoforio?' 'One minute.'If you manage to travel a whole route you will find that the intermediate stops are actually some of the 22 listed destinations, but unless you study the Timetable alongside a detailed map you are bewildered.I don't know what happens in your country, but in mine the bus company publishes a dated chart with the times of the buses printed horizontally chronologically, and the destinations in sequence printed vertically. With a finger you can trace across the page to find a departure time from any stop, and down to find an arrival time at any other. The validity period of the timetable is shown and it is rarely goes out of date over lunch.We had to get a taxi to get back to the Chora to catch a boat because the bus we caught the day before didn't run.We have found the same cock up in Paros, but they at least show dates.

Paradise! Calm, crystal clear sea. Clean, sandy bay. Walk down and away from Máragas camping for fewer beach-goers. Love it, love it, love it.

While this beach pales in comparison to the white sandy beaches in Mexico and the Caribbean, it was much better than the rocky beach of Ornos in Mykonos. Because we were there in off-peak season, we got away without having to pay for the umbrellas. Other reviewers commented on the nudists but luckily we were spared from that as well ! Lots of tavernas nearby - so lots of food and drink options.

Naxos has the best beaches. Agia Anna and Plaka are the greatest. Truly the reviews you read are for real.

We took the bus to Plaka Beach while in Naxos. It is the beach at the end of the bus route. We passed lots of great looking beaches with plenty of tavernas to get food and drinks. Unfortunately when we arrived, we realized there was really nothing here but some umbrellas and loungers.We chose to walk north to the other more populated areas. That's when we noticed we were in the wrong part of town...nothing dangerous, just that we were in nudist beach area. We were the outsiders. We had clothes on and not that we are prudes but we felt like we were literally out of our comfort zones. We kept walking until we found people in clothes. We had some good laughs about this day but being Canadians, we just were not used to seeing this. While this is not our thing, if you like this lifestyle, this is the place for you.

We took the bus from the port to Plaka. We got off at the last stop. We didn't love the end of the beach, so walked back along the water to Maragas (just a part of Plaka) and set up camp. Water is amazing. Next time, we rent a car and go further south to Hawaii beach too.

Variety of restaurants are close, sun beds & umbrellas available for 5 -8 euro. There is beach service for food and drinks and a small town to walk through.

After hopping around a couple of Greek Islands we settled in Naxos for our final week. We ended up spending all of our days in Plaka as the beach is beautiful and so large that you can always find several completely deserted areas all to yourself and enjoy its turquoise, warm waters (unlike overcrowded beaches such as Agios Prokopios and Agia Anna).