Beach/Pestemal Towel

Meet the best of both worlds: a light, finely woven pestemal on one side and a multi-purpose towel on the other. Oversized for real coverage yet feather-light in your bag, it’s your go-anywhere essential for beach days, pool time, gym, sauna, spa, yoga, travel — and even baby care.

Size
Oversized 67" × 35.5" (about 170 × 90 cm)

Material
100% cotton

Why you’ll love it

• Modern, tasteful design
• Light and convenient — fits in your drawer, bag, or suitcase
• Dries super fast
• Extremely absorbent — absorbs up to 4× its weight
• Sand-free — doesn’t hold onto sand
• Softness that improves with washing — becomes smoother and more absorbent over time
• Truly multi-purpose — towel + wrap/cover-up in one

Care

Wash in warm water on a gentle cycle. Tumble dry low.

Victoria’s Note

I am a huge fan of pestemals that, surprisingly, after all those years of travels to Greece, I discovered quite recently. A few years ago I went to one of my favorite Greek islands, Folegandros. Not only is the island beautiful, but the property where I always stay—Anemomilos Boutique Hotel—is beyond amazing and run by a wonderful Greek family.

On that visit, the boy showing me to my room pointed to two towels and said: “This one is for the pool (a terry one) and that one (a pestemal) is for the beach.” Hm, I thought, why are they telling us to take that flimsy, thin towel to the beach? But I’m someone who loves order and tries to follow the rules wherever they exist (old school))). So off to the beach we went with a pestemal and—boy—was it a discovery in its own right.

In Greece, with its beaches of rare natural beauty, you often walk quite a bit from where you park to the shore. The heaviest thing in your beach bag? A beach towel—especially when it’s wet. Not with a pestemal: it’s light as a feather. Then there’s the sand issue: when the towel you lie on gets wet, it attracts sand that sticks to your feet, legs… you know. Not with a pestemal. I don’t know the secret, but somehow sand doesn’t stay on it. Need to pop into a café or create a quick cover-up or pareo? Here’s your pestemal for you. And the best thing—it literally dries in minutes.

This product is an enhanced pestemal—a pestemal and a beach towel in one—and I am yet to try it!