secret beaches around the world

Today's post is partly about Evia...
Here are some photos of beaches chosen by readers of the Guardian; beaches that offer beauty and seclusion and – sometimes – warm seas.

The point of this posting is that to show that we don't need to travel all these air miles to find a secluded beach!

25 km of the house is Zarakes beach, on the Aegean side of Evia.

Zarakes on the map, is at southern Evia, on the right hand side of the island, just below Lake Dhistos

It is a little bay with sandy beach and a taverna with fresh fish and grilled meat!

February sun

summer view

and on a summer windy day...

One day, last summer, we did spear fishing and at the local taverna, they were so kind and fried our fish! We enjoyed them with ouzo on ice!

Yia mas! Cheers! Sláinte!

Nimporio

The beach village of Nimporio (Νημπορειό in Greek) is between Styra and Porto Lafia, about 10 km from our house. You can see Nimporio on this map. It is less than 15 mins drive from our house.
 
The beach (small pebbles) is kids friendly and there is a very good canteen with sunbeds and umbrellas, all you need to pay is for your drinks! They also serve some good skewers, if you get hungry.

As you can see at the photos, the sea colours are stunning!

We did some spear fishing there last summer; it was great!

House with a View

These are some photos of our house in Southern Evia, for rent on per week basis.
Our house has two floors; ground floor with living room, kitchen and bathroom; first floor with 3 bedrooms.

Ground floor

living room with double sofa bed

living room from entrance door, staircase leading to first floor and door to the bathroom

kitchen

dining table in between kitchen and living room; windows on the right with sea view

 First floor

sea views from bedrooms

first floor balcony

front of the house, with ground floor and first floor balconies

Around the house

side path going from the front of the house to the pergola area at the back

pergola area at the back of the house; ideal for outdoor meals, bbq, reading and ...backgammon :)

view from ground floor balcony

sunset views from the house

views from pergola area

 

this is a short video with morning views, you can hear the cicadas in the background

Nea Styra

This is Nea Styra, a beach resort 5 minutes from the house, and also the port. There are frequent ferry services to Agia Marina on the mainland. The ferry timetable is available here
On the map below, the top dotted line shows the Agia Marina - Styra route, 45 minutes appprox.
You can reach Agia Marina, by car, from Athens International Airport in about 45-50 minutes.

sea views