Beach Time

Greece’s lovely beaches will make you want to be on smooth sands beneath blue skies.

In case you love spending time of relaxation on sandy or pebble beaches, Crete provides some of the most incredible locations to enjoy.

So let’s explore some of the beaches here…

There are many places to choose from, one of the popular choices is Elafonisi,

When traveling to Crete, everyone looks forward to seeing Elafonisi Beach.
It is popular on Instagram and consistently appears in lists of the top 10 beaches in the world on travel websites.
It is, after all. It is a lovely location.

Elafonisi, a little island, a paradise-like place, has stopped being a well-kept secret.

Waiting lines of automobiles congest the fairly perilous and narrow roads that lead to the southwest corner of Crete every summer, especially in August.

The Topolia gorge will get you to Elafonisi in a little over an hour if you go from Chania.
The time-frame may almost double in August. A reccommandation would be to never arrive after 10 a.m. for the best chance of avoiding the throng. This way you’ll experience less traffic.

First and foremost, don’t anticipate being able to speed on any of these routes.
Not simply because of the traffic, it’s pretty much impossible.
Since they are all mountain roads, they are all congested, treacherous, have perilous ravines, and have blind hairpin curves. But there are more beaches to enjoy like Tersanas, Agii Apostoli, and Stavros (all beaches in the Regional Unit of Chania, West Crete).

Another popular destination is Vai Beach near Sitia region, also called Palm Beach, at the very easternmost point of Crete, there is a stunning, uninhabited beach with fine sand and stones called Vai Beach.
It boasts a distinctive and lush palm grove made up of a species that is exclusively found in Crete.

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Balos Beach and Lagoon is the most recognized destination you can find online anytime you conduct research about Crete, even though Elafonisi is more well-known and is often chosen first by visitors.
The beach is located in a remote region of the island, on the Gramvousa Peninsula.
The image of seductive beauty created by crystalline green seas and white sand is a universal representation of Crete.

Another one of people’s favorite beaches in Chania is Falasarna Beach, one of the nicest sand beaches on the island of Crete, it is a really long beach.

The beach is around an hour’s drive from Chania, and it makes for a great day excursion if you’re staying nearby.
Due to the windy weather, Falassarna is one of the widest beaches in Crete. However, when the winds are very high, it can be challenging to spend extended periods of time on the sand.

Also known as the hippy beach of Crete, Matala, is situated on the southern coast of Heraklion and is another well-liked beach that everyone wishes to visit.

The beach and the hamlet of Matala, which were immortalized in a song by Joni Mitchell, are a must-visit location when on vacation on Greece’s biggest island.

The sea is clean, rather deep, and prone to currents when it’s a little windy, and the beach features both soft golden sand and stones.

Matala’s coastline is a great spot for snorkeling, and you may rent a boat to explore the seashore caves along the shore as well as the caverns on the western side of the beach, which are perched on a cliff directly beside the water.

These are few of the most enjoyed beaches in Crete according to visitors, of course you may explore other exotic-like beaches but these are among most famous beaches for families and couples which would make sure you will genuinely enjoy.