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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0Itanos & 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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0Making 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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0Boat 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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0Vai & 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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0Sarakina Gorge in South East Crete
Sarakina Gorge (or Canyon) is a gorge in south-east Crete about 25 minutes drive from Ierapetra. The gorge starts near the village of Males, and snakes south to the sea just east of the village of Myrtos
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