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A wide sandy beach with shallow water right below a Venetian castle on the south coast.
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Beaches, coves, lagoons and islands
Crete has more than a thousand kilometres of coastline, and almost every type of beach you can imagine: shallow turquoise lagoons in the far west, pink-tinged sand at Elafonisi, palm-fringed river mouths on the south coast and tiny coves you reach on foot. As a rule of thumb, the north coast is easier to reach and well organised, while the south coast (the Libyan Sea) is wilder, quieter and often calmer when the summer meltemi wind blows from the north.
A wide sandy beach with shallow water right below a Venetian castle on the south coast.
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A pebble beach under the cliffs of Sfakia, with fresh water springs bubbling up in the sea.
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The main pebble beach of Chora Sfakion, where the boats from Samaria come in.
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The beach at the end of the Samaria gorge, a well deserved swim after the hike.
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A cluster of marble coves at the mouth of the Aradena gorge, with a taverna above.
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A quiet beach next to Frangokastello with a huge sand dune rising behind it.
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A remote pebble cove near Loutro, at the site of the ancient port of Phoenix.
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A secluded pebble beach near Chora Sfakion, one of the few official naturist beaches on Crete.
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A small, wild pebble beach east of Frangokastello with dark blue water.
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