Paplinou Beach is a beach on the south east coast a little to the east of Ierapetra. The western end of the beach is for visitors and is officially known as Thalassa after the beach bar located there (not to be confused with the resort near Chania), whilst the eastern end is for people booked at the resort and is usually referred to as Ostria beach. The beach is long and the water is excellent and there is plenty of off-road parking available.
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Balos Lagoon
Balos Lagoon is one of the most famed beaches on Crete with it’s west coast location offering great sunsets. It is located off the peninsula at the north west of the Island a little over an hour from Chania near the Gramvousa islands which often feature on boat trips to Balos.
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Achlia Bay Beach
Achlia Bay is a beach in the south east of Crete approximately half way between Ierapetra and Makrys Gialos. It is one of the best beaches on the south coast, especially on windy days when the shape of the bay provides shelter on the beach and in the water.
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Itanos & Erimoupolis Beaches
Itanos beach is in the far north east of Crete beyond Sitea. Itanos is actually 3 beaches and is also the same location as the ruins of the ancient town of Itanos. Itanos is just north of the much busier palm beach at Vai.
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Does Crete have dangerous wildlife?
Crete is home to lots of unique and interesting wildlife, but the first question you might have is does any of it pose a threat to tourists. The simple answer is no, but as usual it is worth knowing a little more…
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Making the most of the beach
Most people visiting Crete for a holiday will be planning to visit the beach. There isn’t much needed for a quick dip in the sea other than swimwear and a towel, but there are other things you might want to think about taking to enhance the experience, especially if you plan to spend lots of time on the beach
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Boat trips & surrounding islets
Crete has nearly 100 smaller islands surrounding it and many of these can be visited with regular boat trips or with a private hire. Some of the islands are protected national parks (called Kri-kri) though and can’t or shouldn’t be visited. Many of the lesser known islets are also hard to identify with even google maps not showing names. Whilst we may have some separate pages for the most popular islands to visit, here we summarise details for all the islands for those people who like to explore a bit further from the beaten track
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Vai & Psili Ammos beaches
Vai beach is one of the best known beaches on Crete, famed for being surrounded by a forest of palm trees — often marketed as Europe’s last palm forest. The beach itself is on the east coast and is fairly isolated from most resorts but it is easy to reach by car and coach trips also run there.
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Crete in 1964
The Internet is great for turning up old forgotten content, and this is a particularly great example — a British Pathe video of Crete from 1964. The most striking thing is how much remains the same, especially when visiting outside of the peak season.
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