Tou Pappa to Houma

Tou Papa to Chouma (Παπά του Χούμα) is a small sandy beach on the east coast of Skyros in the Sporades, a short distance below Chora, the island's hilltop main town. It is an unorganised beach with clear, turquoise-green water and no sunbeds, bars or natural shade, and it stays almost empty even in summer because it is reached only on foot or by boat. Allovergreece, a Greek beach guide, lists it as a nudist beach and notes that the low numbers make it easy for anyone who wants to bathe nude to do so; Frommer's also notes that Skyros's isolated beaches have nude sections, though Skyros has no officially designated nude beach. The setting is simple: a strip of sand at the foot of the slope beneath Chora, with views out over the Aegean. Visitors are mostly independent travellers and island regulars looking for quiet rather than a scene, so numbers are small and people spread out.