Paximadia Islands

About

Two uninhabited islands off Agia Galini.

The Paximadia are two small uninhabited islands in the Libyan Sea, opposite Agia Galini and the Messara bay. Their name means rusks, after the dry Cretan bread they resemble. According to myth, Apollo and Artemis were born here, and the islands are protected for their birds and plants.

Boats from Agia Galini run day trips in summer, stopping at sandy coves with very clear water. There are no facilities on the islands, so the trips usually include lunch on board. Seen from the coast, the islands make the sunsets over the Messara bay even more beautiful.

Agios Vasileios is the south coast of Rethymno, a land of gorges, palm trees and beautiful beaches on the Libyan Sea. Plakias and Agia Galini are the main villages, and between them lie Preveli with its palm forest, Damnoni, Triopetra and Agios Pavlos with its sand dunes. Inland, Spili with its lion fountain and the Kourtaliotiko and Kotsifou gorges are worth a stop. The south coast is often calmer when the north wind blows, and the sea is warm well into autumn.

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About 18 km from Agia Galini by road.

On the map

35.00800, 24.58500 · See on map