Παραλία Πρέβελη
River-mouth beach with a palm forest, below the historic Preveli monastery.
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Παραλίες & ακτές
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.
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Τριόπετρα
Quiet south-coast beach named after three rocks rising from the sea.
Απόμερους κόλπους · Άγιος Βασίλειος
Παραλία Ρεθύμνου
The endless sandy beach that starts at the Venetian harbour of Rethymno.
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Πλακιάς
A 1.3 km sandy beach in a mountain framed bay on the south coast.
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Μπαλί
A picturesque village with five little coves of turquoise water between Rethymno and Heraklion.
Αμμουδιές · Μυλοπόταμος
Δαμνόνι
A gorgeous turquoise beach with golden sand in a green valley next to Plakias.
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Αγία Γαλήνη
The main beach of a charming south coast village built on the hillside.
Βοτσαλωτές παραλίες · Άγιος Βασίλειος
Πάνορμος
A pretty fishing village with a sandy beach and shallow water, east of Rethymno.
Αμμουδιές · Μυλοπόταμος
Άγιος Παύλος
A small cove near Cape Melissa with green blue water and huge sand dunes nearby.
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Αδελιανός Κάμπος
A 3 km resort beach in front of Adele village, east of Rethymno.
Αμμουδιές · Ρέθυμνο
Πλατανές
A calm, well organised beach in the Rethymno suburbs with shallow light blue water.
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Μισίρια
A long, serene sandy beach just east of Rethymno with shallow water.
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Περιβόλια
The continuation of Rethymno beach, where loggerhead turtles come to nest.
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Αμμούδι
Three small turquoise coves next to Damnoni, with a taverna and tamarisk shade.
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Σχινάρια
A small beach with one of the best dive spots on Crete, near Plakias.
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Σούδα Πλακιά
A long beach at the mouth of a little valley west of Plakias, with palm trees and rocks for snorkelling.
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Επισκοπή
A long golden beach west of Rethymno with shallow turquoise water.
Αμμουδιές · Ρέθυμνο
Κρυμμένο διαμάντι
Καλυψώ
A narrow rocky fjord with a little bridge, near Plakias.
Βοτσαλωτές παραλίες · Άγιος Βασίλειος
Ροδάκινο
A quiet beach of coarse sand and pebbles with tamarisk shade, west of Plakias.
Αμμουδιές · Άγιος Βασίλειος
Πηγιανός Κάμπος
A long sandy beach east of Rethymno with a few trees for shade.
Αμμουδιές · Ρέθυμνο
Σταυρωμένος
A quiet sandy beach east of Rethymno where turtles nest at night.
Αμμουδιές · Ρέθυμνο
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Γεροπόταμος
A wild cove under an old bridge where a river meets the sea east of Rethymno.
Απόμερους κόλπους · Μυλοπόταμος
Κουμπές
A long sandy beach 2 km west of Rethymno, often a bit wavy.
Αμμουδιές · Ρέθυμνο
Πέτρες
A small, quiet beach at the mouth of the Petres gorge west of Rethymno.
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