奥斯特里亚, 塔拉萨 & 帕普利诺海滩

Paplinou 海滩是东南海岸的一个海滩，位于 Ierapetra 以东一点. 海滩的西端供游客使用，在那里的海滩酒吧之后正式称为 Thalassa (不要与哈尼亚附近的度假村混淆), 而东端则供在度假村预订的人使用，通常被称为 Ostria 海滩. 海滩很长，水很好，有很多越野停车位.

The eastern end of the beach has watersports but these are associated with the resort and might not be available to guests, 我从未问过，所以不确定. The beach itself is free but you can use the facilities (pools, sunbeds, etc) 如果您在酒吧花费5欧元 (price as of 2020). 有 2 breakwaters built a short way out into the sea that protect the beach and help keep the water calm and warm.

The beach has reasonable soft sand, although as with much of Crete is is coarse sand rather than fine golden sand. This is good for water quality as the coarser sand isn’t so easily disturbed by currents so the water is usually very clear. The snorkelling is quite good although as sands have shifted over the years and covered some of the natural rock outcrops the amount of sea life has reduced but the last 2–3 years have seen the start of a recovery. In addition to numerous fish I have seen eels, octopus, and a lionfish once.

The pools are quite good although as they are unheated when it is windy they can get quite cool, 即使在仲夏. There is a baby pool that is only around 2ft (60厘米) deep with a giant structure in the middle with slides coming from it that young children seem to love, although for the younger ones you will of course have to supervise. Note that whilst there are staff present there don’t appear to be any explicit lifeguards.

Ostria Beach resort is only 10–15 minutes drive from Ierapetra, around 40 minutes from Makrys Gialos, 或者 30 minutes from Myrtos. When approaching from the west look for the sign and entrance for the resort, when approaching from the east go past the main sign and then take the next entrance.