0Tekne turları & çevreleyen adacıklar

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

Düzenli tekne turları yapılabilen adalar

Spinalonga & Mirabello Koyu

Mira­bel­lo bay is a lar­ge bay on the north coast of Cre­te towards the eas­tern end of the island near Agi­os Niko­la­os. Spi­na­lon­ga (or Kaly­don as it is also kno­wn) is pro­bably the best kno­wn island any­w­he­re aro­und Cre­te. It is famo­us as a for­mer leper colony and is featu­red in the book ‘The Island’ by Vic­to­ria His­lop. Befo­re being a leper colony the island was the site of a Vene­ti­an fort­ress and has been popu­la­ted on-and-off for nearly 2 mil­len­nia. Spi­na­lon­ga is a muse­um pre­ser­ved by the Gre­ek sta­te and costs €8 to enter (still a good pri­ce, but a notab­le inc­re­ase from the €2 it cost until recently). Boat trips to Spi­na­lon­ga run regu­larly from Agi­os Niko­la­os (€16–25, 1 hour jour­ney) and Elo­un­da (€ 12 getiri, 30–40min jour­ney) as well as from the nearby vil­la­ge of Pla­ka (€ 8 getiri, 5 minu­te jour­ney). Trips from Agi­os Niko­la­os and Elo­un­da often inc­lu­de addi­ti­onal stop offs for swim­ming and can inc­lu­de guides or lunch, whilst tra­vel­ling from Pla­ka offers the oppor­tu­nity for lunch on the seaf­ront in Pla­ka at once of the taver­nas the­re. Most visi­tors spend aro­und 90 minu­tes on Spi­na­lon­ga but if you want to be more fle­xib­le the best opti­on is the boat from Pla­ka as this runs back and forth every 30 minu­tes and your tic­ket is an open return. Whilst it is a litt­le bit of a climb it is worth fol­lo­wing a path to the top of Spi­na­lon­ga as the views are superb.

Agi­os Pan­tes, Miko­ro­ni­si & Niko­lo­ni­si are small islets just off the coast of Agi­os Niko­la­os. Some boat trips to Spi­na­lon­ga may stop by the­se to allow swim­ming. It would also be pos­sib­le for a strong swim­mer to swim to them as they are less than 1km from the coast, ancak tekne ve su sporlarına dikkat edilmelidir. Kolokyt­ha is a small island just behind the Kaly­don penin­su­la. Many boat trips to Spi­na­lon­ga from Agi­os Niko­la­os stop here as it has an uns­po­iled sandy beach. Pse­ira is an island on the eas­tern side of Mira­bel­lo bay that has arc­ha­e­olo­gi­cal rema­ins from Mino­an and Myce­ne­an civi­li­sa­ti­ons. The­re are no regu­lar boat trips but a pri­va­te hire could be arran­ged and expe­ri­en­ced kaya­kers may cho­ose to visit. Winds and cur­rents can be strong in the 2 mile cros­sing so it is not advi­sab­le to swim or for ine­x­pe­ri­en­ced sailors or kaya­kers to attempt the jour­ney. Koni­da is a small islet of litt­le note in the south of Mira­bel­lo bay just off the coast from Pac­hia Ammos. Moch­los is a small island only 150m off the coast from the cur­rent vil­la­ge of Moch­los. It is tho­ught that in Mino­an times it was con­nec­ted to the main­land (sea levels were lower in Mino­an times), and the­re are ruins from a Mino­an sett­le­ment by the pre­sent-day vil­la­ge. Goog­le Maps calls Moch­los ‘Nisi­da Agi­os Niko­la­os’. Moch­los is also a short dri­ve from Rich­tis Gor­ge making it easy to visit both in the same day.

Chrissi

Chris­si island is actu­ally 2 islands — the main Chris­si island itself and Mik­ro­nis­si sadece doğuya. Also kno­wn as Gaido­uro­ni­si (Don­key Island) Chris­si is anot­her popu­lar island with daily boat trips from the har­bo­ur in Iera­pet­ra which leave aro­und 9.30 — 10am and return aro­und 5–6pm, taking abo­ut an hour each way. The regu­lar boat ser­vi­ce runs from mid May until late Octo­ber. The name Chris­si means ‘gol­den’ and it lives up to it’s name with fine gol­den sand that helps it look like a ste­re­oty­pi­cal ‘tro­pi­cal para­di­se’. The­re isn­’t very much sha­de on the island so if you go in the sum­mer months it is impor­tant to take somet­hing to pro­vi­de sha­de and also take good quality sunc­re­am. The fer­ri­es drop off on one coast and pick up on the other coast so make sure you know whe­re to go to catch the ride home. It is also pos­sib­le to camp on Chris­si and some peop­le do this. Most peop­le who visit Chris­si do so for the cle­an water, bea­uti­ful sand, and warm shal­low bays per­fect for snor­kel­ling, but the­re are also some Mino­an ruins on Chris­si which can be viewed.

Gavdos & Mesara Körfezi

Gav­dos is anot­her reaso­nably well kno­wn island off the south west coast of Cre­te which can be reac­hed by boat from Pale­oc­ho­ra or Cho­ra Sfa­ki­on. The­re is a regu­lar sche­du­le thro­ugh­to­ut the year as Gav­dos has a small per­ma­nent popu­la­ti­on. Gav­dos is only 170 miles from Lib­ya and is in fact the sout­hern­most land in Euro­pe. Due to it’s size and his­tory Gav­dos is worthy of a full artic­le of its own so we wont repe­at that here. Gav­do­po­ula is a small island to the north-west of Gav­dos which is a pro­tec­ted natu­re reser­ve for mig­ra­tory birds and sea life. Much nearer to the coast of Cre­te are 2 small islets col­lec­ti­vely kno­wn as the Paxi­ma­dia islets. The­se are indi­vi­du­ally named Paxi­ma­dia Ena (bir) and Paxi­ma­dia Dio (iki). Locals some­ti­mes refer to them as Elep­hant. In the peak months the Paxi­ma­dia islands can be visi­ted by boat from Kok­ki­nos Pir­gos and Agia Gali­ni. web sitesi Cre­tan Beac­hes has good infor­ma­ti­on abo­ut the beac­hes on both.

Gramvousa & Kissamos Koyu

var 3 small islands just off the north-west coast of Cre­te, yanında Balos Lago­on. Ime­ri Gram­vo­usa has the rema­ins of a Vene­ti­an fort and thanks to it’s his­tory as part of Cre­tan inde­pen­den­ce from the Otto­man empi­re it is a popu­lar des­ti­na­ti­on. It is inc­lu­ded on most boat trips to Balos Lago­on. Sadece kuzeye doğru Agria Gram­vo­usa which is less visi­ted. Pon­di­ko­ni­si (kno­wn to locals as mouse island) is furt­her to the west and is also unin­ha­bi­ted and rarely visi­ted. Next to it is a small islet cal­led Pon­ti­ka­ki, yani küçük fare.

Gün & Kandiye Körfezi

Gün is a lar­ge island imme­di­ately north of Herak­li­on that featu­res in much Gre­ek myt­ho­logy and is now a pro­tec­ted natu­re reser­ve. The­re are sailings from the ports in Gouves, Her­so­nis­sos and Herak­li­on but not as fre­qu­ently as to some of the other islands. It is pos­sib­le to arran­ge to stay over­night on Dia but this must be arran­ged with the Herak­li­on port aut­ho­rity. Dia ser­ved as the prin­ci­pal port for many civi­li­sa­ti­ons in Cre­te from Mino­an times and offers some inte­rest for his­to­ri­ans. Dia is not par­ti­cu­larly reno­w­ned for beac­hes but the­re are pla­ces to swim for tho­se wis­hing to do so. The­re are also 2 Dia tarafından küçük adacıklar: Paxi­ma­di and Peta­li­di which are unin­ha­bi­ted and rarely visited.

Diğer önemli adalar ve adacıklar

Agioi Theodoroi & Chanion Koyu

Agi­oi The­odo­roi Hangi 2 islets just off the coast to the west of Cha­nia. var 2 adaları: Agi­os The­odo­ros and Mik­ros Agi­os The­odo­ros. Agi­os The­odo­ros, also kno­wn as Tho­do­rou is the lar­ger island and is home to nati­ve Gre­ek Ibex cal­led Kri-Kri. The­re are the rema­ins of 2 Vene­ti­an fort­res­ses, the hig­her one being cal­led Tur­lu­ru, which is a name some­ti­mes used for the island. The smal­ler islet of Mik­ros Agi­os The­odo­ros is also kno­wn as Gla­ra­ki (Martı) and The­odo­ro­po­ula. As the islands are an impor­tant natu­re reser­ve for Kri-Kri visi­ting is not per­mit­ted except during the ones-a-year fes­ti­val the feast of Saint The­odo­re. Much nearer to Cha­nia is the islet of Laza­re­ta which has a small but nice beach which is visi­ted by some boat trips and is popu­lar with snorkellers.

Souda koyu

The­re are a num­ber of small islands in Souda Bay near Cha­nia. Nisi­da Souda (also some­ti­mes cal­led just Souda featu­res in Gre­ek myt­ho­lody and is also home to a Vene­ti­an fort­ress. The­re are limi­ted num­bers of boats that run trips to Souda in peak season from vari­o­us pla­ces on the north coast from Cha­nia to Rethym­non, but only guided-tours are ava­ilab­le. Leon is next to Souda island and is rarely visi­ted. Pala­i­oso­uda, also kno­wn as Marat­hi is popu­lar for snor­kel­ling and scu­ba diving. Pri­va­te boat trips can be booked in Cha­nia. Kar­ga is on the south side of Souda bay near to Almi­ri­da. It is simi­lar to Pala­i­oso­uda in that it does­n­’t have much in the way of beac­hes so is mainly popu­lar with divers.

Malia Körfezi

var 3 Malia Körfezi'ndeki küçük adalar. Afen­tis Chris­tos doğrudan ana Malia turist plajının önünde ve can (ve bir) kolayca yüzer. Üzerinde küçük bir kilise var. We advi­se visi­tors to not climb on the church or to ring the bell as this is dis­rep­sect­ful and is likely to offend locals. To the east of Afen­tis Chris­tos is Agia Var­va­ra which is rocky and of litt­le note. Furt­her still to the east, near Sis­si, is anot­her small rocky outc­rop which is not iden­ti­fi­ed on maps.

Dionysades & Cape Sidero

The Diony­sa­des are a gro­up of 4 islands off the north-east penin­su­la in Cre­te which are part of an envi­ron­men­tally pro­tec­ted area. Dra­go­na­da is the lar­gest island. Giany­sa­da is the sout­hern­most island of the gro­up. Paxi­ma­da and Paxi­ma­da­ki are home to Ele­ono­ra­’s Fal­con which mig­ra­tes from Mada­gas­car. It is not advi­sed for regu­lar tourists to visit the­se islands. Ela­sa is on the oppo­si­te side of the penin­su­la from the Diony­sa­des, furt­her south and east. It is part of the same pro­tec­ted area and also sho­uld be left to nature.

Büyükler & Kouremenos Körfezi

The Gran­des islands are less than 1km off the coast at Pala­i­okast­ro in Koure­me­nos Bay. The midd­le islet is Pra­so­ni­si biraz sahili olan. Diğer 2 adacıkları, Savo­ura güneye, and Paxi­ma­di to the north are litt­le more than rocks. The­re are a num­ber of shi­p­w­recks in the area so it is a good pla­ce to visit for divers. Koure­me­nos Bay is popu­lar with wind sur­fers which gives an idea of the levels of wind in this part of the Cre­te. It would be pos­sib­le to swim to the Gran­des islands but care sho­uld be taken if the winds are strong as this can lead to strong cur­rents. The beach at Chi­ona (veya Hiona) on the main­land is a bet­ter beach than anyt­hing on the islands as can be seen in the video below.

Saran­tos Nikos has fil­med a video of the Gran­des with a dro­ne which gives you an idea of the cla­rity of water and the small size of the islands. Also visib­le in the video are parts of the main­land and the nearby island of Elasa.

Kavalı & Kymo

Kava­li is a gro­up of 3 small islets just off the coast at Xero­kam­bos. The lar­gest island is Kaval­los which is the sout­hern­most. Kefa­li is just north of Kaval­las, and Ana­va­tis (also cal­led Kava­loi) is a litt­le furt­her to the east. Like the Gran­des to the north all 3 adaların plajı yok, and nes­ting spots for seve­ral spe­ci­es of bird inc­lu­ding fal­cons and vul­tu­res. The nearby Alat­so­lim­ni beach on the main­land is a nice sandy beach. The main­land nearby also has a salt­la­ke in spring that att­racts many mig­ra­ting birds which may be of inte­rest to ornit­ho­lo­gists. Kymo (aka Koume­li) is a small islet a litt­le to the south of the Kava­li gro­up. It also has no beach and has not­hing of note to see.

Cape Goudero üzerinde daha fazlası

Koufo­nis­si is a fairly lar­ge island to the south of east Cre­te. The­re are some­ti­mes regu­lar boat trips to Koufo­nis­si from Makrys Gialos in peak season but this has­n­’t been the case every year so check befo­re tra­vel­ling. An alter­na­ti­ve would be a pri­va­te hire which would likely cost aro­und €50–60 per per­son. Koufo­nis­si does have lovely sandy beac­hes, and some inte­res­ting Mino­an and Roman era ruins, as well as a more modern church — the church of Saint Niko­la­os, and a light­ho­use that was dest­ro­yed in the second world war. var 4 other much smal­ler islets aro­und Koufo­nis­si: Mak­ro­ulo, Stro­gi­lo, Trac­hi­la and Mar­ma­ra none of which are par­ti­cu­larly noteworthy.

Psili Ammos Körfezi

Tra­fos is only 100m off the main­land and can easily be swum to. The­re are the rema­ins of the anci­ent town of Las­sea on the main­land. Mik­ro­ni­si (also kno­wn as Aghi­os Pav­los or St. Paul­’s Island) is to the west of Tra­fos and is occu­pi­ed by an oil sto­ra­ge ter­mi­nal so is not a pla­ce for tourists. The next island in the gro­up is Mega­lo­ni­si which is just west of Mik­ro­ni­si. Mega­lo­ni­si has a light­ho­use but is othe­r­wi­se of litt­le note. Papa­dop­la­ka is the smal­lest and most wes­t­ward of the islets. It is the top of a reef that prot­ru­des from the water and has no beach.

Phalasarna Koyu

Pha­la­sar­na is a well-know beach on the west coast which forms a natu­ral bay. Vardır 3 yüzebilecek küçük adacıklar. Kour­sa­roi is the towards the south of the bay and is the lar­gest. It is actu­ally a gro­up of rocks rat­her than a sing­le island and it has one tiny area of sand. It is less than 100m from the main­land beach. Peta­li­da is the furt­hest north of the 3 and is aro­und 400m from the nearest point of the main­land or abo­ut 1km from the main beach. Kayalık ve plajı yok. Pra­so­ni­si is the furt­hest south, app­rox 500–600m from the coast, and has a small bit of sand on the eas­tern side

Girit'ten feribot seferleri ile daha büyük adalar

Antikitera

Antikyt­he­ra is a lar­ge inha­bi­ted island to the north west of Cre­te famed for the anci­ent tech­no­logy named after it. Boats sail regu­larly from Chania

Santorini

The famo­us (and still acti­ve) vol­ca­no of San­to­ri­ni is due north of Cre­te and boats sail daily year round from Herak­li­on. Hig­her spe­ed cata­ma­rans make the jour­ney from May to Octo­ber but out of season only the much slo­wer fer­ri­es pro­vi­de a ser­vi­ce. A round trip is typi­cally €100–150 per per­son in peak season alt­ho­ugh it can be done for less if you watch for dis­co­un­ted pri­ces. San­to­ri­ni is much big­ger than most peop­le reali­se as it is not a sing­le vol­ca­nic cra­ter but an island for­med from a seri­es of erup­ti­ons over 200,000 yıl. To dri­ve from the port to the most popu­lar nort­hern vil­la­ge of Oia takes aro­und 35 minu­tes, whilst wal­king would is a trip of 18km inc­lu­ding a climb of aro­und 500m.

Diğer adalar

Fer­ri­es from Herak­li­on also link to many other Gre­ek islands in the Aege­an including…

  • The Cyc­la­des: Ana­fi, And­ros, ios, Milos, Myko­nos, Naxos, Paros, ve Tinos
  • The Dode­ca­ne­se: Chal­ki, Kar­pat­hos, Yazarkasa, ve Rodos

Tam bir liste

For a comp­le­te list of all 93 adaları, adacıkları, and tiny rocks poking out of the sea aro­und Cre­te Wiki­pe­dia has a temp­la­te tab­le with a full sum­mary. As far as I am awa­re this inc­lu­des every bit of rock no mat­ter how notab­le. Cre­tan Beac­hes also has quite deta­iled infor­ma­ti­on abo­ut many of the more notab­le islands and gro­ups of islets alt­ho­ugh the­ir list is not as comp­le­te as the one on Wikipedia.

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