No country for sand lovers 2 (aka the beaches of Northern Ithaca)
Do you remember what I said about sandy beaches on Ithaca? Exactly: no trace of sand on the island, so once again, sand lovers...OUT OF HERE! In general the northern part of the island is probably slightly less exciting than the southern, but it still offers one or 2 great spots. Let's start from the one we didn't like: Polis . Just our of Stavros, easily accessible and with sunbeds available (not that we really care about those!). We arrived there in order to visit the Loizos cave (that has been destroyed by the earthquake so nothing is visible) and we didn't stop, not even for a quick swim. Don't get me wrong, the water was perfect, but the beach in itself was quite dirty for the island standard. A bit further north there is Afales , a nice and not crowded place, but when we got there were quite a lot of seaweeds (although they don't appear on the picture). Also getting there could be quite difficult if you don't know the place. There is ...