Nine anchorages with no road to them — which is the only definition of hidden that still means anything.
A cove is not hidden because it is undocumented. Everything is documented. It is hidden because getting there requires a boat, and that is a filter which has held up better than secrecy.
Adriatic
- Stiniva, Vis — a cove behind a rock gate barely wider than a tender.
- Dobreč, Luštica — no road at all; a taverna that only serves people who arrived by water.
- Cala Tramuntana, Pakleni — shallow, sheltered, and empty after five.
Tyrrhenian
- Baia di Ieranto — on the Sorrentine peninsula, protected, and looking straight at Capri.
- Cala di Mitigliano — rock platforms and a cave, reachable only from the sea.
- Cala Corsara, Spargi — pink-tinged sand and granite, inside the Maddalena park.
Aegean
- Kedrodasos, Crete — juniper forest running into the water, an hour’s walk from any road.
- Fteri, Kefalonia — boat access only, and worth the diversion.
- Cleopatra’s Island, Gökova — fine white sand, protected, and no sun cream permitted ashore.
The common thread is not remoteness. Most are within an hour of somewhere busy. What they have is no parking.
