Returned from this resort a couple of weeks ago, staying at the Louis Grand Hotel.
Glyfada is a small village cum resort on the west coast of the island about level with Corfu Town. There is only one small windy road down to the village but it is served by a public bus from Corfu Town. Cars can be parked on the road near to the bus stop.
The beach is around 1km in length with the southern most tip used by naturists. Someone has painted 'NUDIST' several times on the large boulders at that end of the beach so it is fairly clear what goes on there. On the reverse side of a couple of boulders and much less visible has been painted 'SEX' but nothing untoward was going on whilst I was there.
The beach at this point is not very wide and backed by a high cliff. It is composed of fine sand and reasonably clean. There is a small cove about 25m in length just beyond the first boulders if a little more privacy is required and this can be reached by paddling through a little water.
I'd be wary of entering the sea near to this cove as there are rocks on the sea bed. However, on the main beach the sea floor slopes very gradually away and I was able to get around 50m out whilst still keeping my feet on the bottom.
On my first visit late one afternoon there were 10 naked people and a further 3 topless. When I returned two days later in the morning this section of beach was empty but due to the cliff the sun doesn't reach it until around 10.00am.
If it's a concern (and it wasn't for me) occasionally clothed people walk along the beach. Some see the 'nudist' sign and about turn before reaching that section, others parade all the way along. Given that most people at the Louis Grand Hotel and nearby accommodation seem to be German, French or Dutch, none of them seemed to be bothered by nudity.
One other small point, there were a few giant ants on the sand, particulary around the rocks but they didn't bite us.
I'd highly recommend a visit to this beach, especially if staying at the above hotel, and its a pity more people don't use it.
We have been in Corfu some times and visited Glyfada too, but we have never seen nude people there. So this is good to hear, anyway there are so many places for naturism in Corfu.
Alessandro and Lidia
last time I was in that area was 1986 and I bet a lot has changed,
We used to use beach north of Gylfada walking from campsite in Vadar if my memory is correct.
The beach was used by naturists and textiles together mainly 30 or younger. There used to be a spring coming out of rock cliff which was a lovely natural shower.
Keep On Smiling:)
Sunshinekid:)
Sunshinekid, I think the beach you may be referring to is at Mirtiotissa, which is just north from Glyfada.
When visiting Glyfada I wanted to visit this beach, not being aware at the time that it was predominantly naturist. According to one map of the island, there is a shortish path from the north end of Glyfada beach over the headland to Mirtiotissa. Despite an extensive search, I could not locate it. There are no signs and it appeared that a private property on the headland, surrounded by fences, precluded all possibility of walking between the two beaches.
I did, however, walk out of Glyfada up the only access road. For anyone else thinking of doing this, it is rather dangerous due to traffic and no pavements. Plus it is all uphill (around 2km) and a bit of a test in the heat of the day. The locals are in the habit of switching off the engines to their motorcycles and coasting downhill to save petrol which makes it even more hazardous.
Nevertheless, once at the Malibu guest house, turn left immediately before this building. It looks a dead-end, then fork left onto a path which actually forms part of the Corfu Trail. The path can be difficult to follow (look for yellow paint on trees, rocks etc) but it goes into the adjacent valley and joins the narrow access road to Mirtiotissa beach. At the road turn left and head downhill.
I wish now I'd turned left instead of right although it's a good long climb back up. As far as I'm aware, this is the only walking route between Glyfada and Mirtiotissa.