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A family resort beach with free sunbeds, showers and steady wind for watersports.
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Small sandy beaches in front of big resorts, with a rocky seabed that is good for snorkelling.
Anissaras is a quieter resort just west of Hersonissos with small beaches of coarse sand in front of large hotels. The seabed is rocky, which makes the clear water great for snorkelling. Sunbeds, showers and snack bars are everywhere, and watersports leave from a pier halfway along.
The rocky seabed makes it a good area for snorkelling, but bring water shoes for getting in and out. It's a convenient base: the nightlife of Hersonissos is a few minutes away, but the evenings here are calm. Walk along the coast to the little Limanakia coves.
Hersonissos is the busiest resort area of Crete, stretching along the north coast east of Heraklion, with Gouves, Hersonissos, Stalida and Malia. The beaches are long and sandy, with every facility, and the nightlife is lively. Behind the resorts, villages like Koutouloufari, Piskopiano, Mochos and Krasi keep a traditional atmosphere and offer cooler evenings with views. The Minoan palace of Malia, the Cretaquarium and the open-air museum of Lychnostatis are all in the area.
Heraklion is the heart of Minoan Crete and the island’s busiest region. Knossos and the Heraklion Archaeological Museum are the two places almost everyone visits, and they work well together on one day. In the south, the wide Messara plain holds the palace of Phaistos, the Roman ruins of Gortyna and the famous caves above the bay of Matala. Περισσότερα για Ηράκλειο
About 25 minutes from Heraklion (24 km east).
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A family resort beach with free sunbeds, showers and steady wind for watersports.
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A sheltered cove of almost white sand below the cliffs at Cape Sarantari.
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A big sandy beach at the mouth of the Aposelemis river, with a small wetland full of birds.
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The easiest to reach of the Limanakia coves near Hersonissos, calm and very blue.
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A chain of little coves between Cape Sarantari and Hersonissos, from busy to almost secret.
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A big resort with a small harbour.
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