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0Ostria, Thalassa & Praias Paplinou

A praia de Paplinou é uma praia na costa sudeste um pouco a leste de Ierapetra. O extremo oeste da praia é para visitantes e é oficialmente conhecido como Thalassa após o bar da praia localizado lá (não deve ser confundido com o resort perto de Chania), enquanto o extremo leste é para pessoas reservadas no resort e geralmente é referido como praia de Ostria. A praia é longa e a água é excelente e há muito estacionamento off-road disponível.

The eas­tern end of the bea­ch has waters­ports but the­se are asso­ci­a­ted with the resort and might not be avai­la­ble to guests, Eu nunca perguntei então não tenho certeza. The bea­ch itself is free but you can use the faci­li­ti­es (piscinas, sun­beds, etc) se você gastar 5 € no bar (pri­ce as of 2020). Existem 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, even in the mid­dle of sum­mer. The­re is a baby pool that is only around 2ft (60cm) 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, por aí 40 minu­tes from Makrys Gia­los, ou 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.

Paplinou / Thalassa / Galeria de fotos da praia de Ostria

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