Beaches in Chania!

Beaches in Chania

Beaches in Chania, Magnificent beaches awarded with blue flags. Sandy beaches in South Crete, lonely small harbours and beaches in the whole perfecture of Chania.

Beaches Chania

1. Platanias

Platanias

10 km westwards of the town of Chania
The splendid sandy beach of Platanias and its aquamarine waters make it one of the busiest resorts westwards of the town of Chania. The beach is extended for kilometres round the homonym village. The visitor has the chance to view an enchanting setting with the island of Agios Theodoros in the east and the peninsula Rodopou in the west. Certain parts of the beach are particular organised and deck chairs and umbrellas are available, but in the bigger part the beach of Platanias is unexploited.

2. Agia Marina

Agia Marina

About 5 km westwards of the town of Chania.
Along the splendid way to Kolympari, here one will meet the first from a line of beaches with sand and pebbles the region allocates. Near the peaceful beach of Agia Marina there are enough hotels, suitable to offer pleasant stay in families.

3. Maleme

Maleme

About 18 km westwards of the town of Chania
The beach of Maleme constitutes the extension of Platanias. The fact that it is not as equally busy and popular as its neighbouring beach, it does not mean that it is deprived beauty. The landscape is very picturesque, and allocates big surfaces of sandy beach and clear waters.

4. Almyrida

Almyrida

About 15 km westwards of the town of Chania
The beach of the homonym resort, Almyrida is sandy and is surrounded by pinewood. Suitable mainly for families.

5. Elafonisi

Elafonisi

In south-western point of the prefecture of Chania.
The most remote beach from the town of Chania, which is however worth the the long journey you have to make in order to reach it. It is an islet almost connected with the coast since it abstains only 100m. from the beach and one can approach it by walking in the sea. Elafonisi abstains 76 km from Chania and 43 from Kasteli. Visitors come here in order to admire the astonishing sandy beaches with the dunes and the white sand and swim in the unique crystal waters. Even if the natural beauty attracts abundant visitors the region does not allocate developed tourist facilities. Elafonisi is one of the most popular beaches in Crete.

6. Falasarna

Falasarna

About 75 km westwards of the town of Chania, in the western coast of Crete.
One of the most popular destinations of Crete, Falasarna is a line of sandy beaches with deep blue waters. Near the beach there is only a certain number of rented rooms and thus the region is not very crowded. There is a regular daily bus service from the town of Chania to Falasarna.

7. Fragokastelo

Fragokastelo

In the south-eastern corner of the prefecture of Chania, about 65 km from the town of Chania
One of the the most famous and popular localities of the prefecture of Chania, Fragokastelo is located about 15 km easternly of Chora Sfakion. Fragokastelo has written golden pages in the History of Crete. In 1828, in the duration of Cretan revolt against the Ottoman sovereignty of the island, Turkish troops slaughtered more than 600 Cretan warriors that had found shelter in the castle. From then, according to the legend, in anniversary of slaughter, the ghosts of dead warriors, Drosoulites, as they are called, are raised by the adjacent cemetery, manned as then, and they shape a procession that passes through the castle and leads in to the sea.

8. Giorgioupoli

Giorgioupoli

About 25 km easternly of the town of Chania
A sandy beach with clear, cold waters that is extended for more than 10 km, Giorgioupoli is also one of the most popular resorts of the prefecture of Chania. Here one can find familial hotels and all the comforts and services are provided.

9. Palaiohora

Palaiohora

About 70 km southly-western of the town of Chania
Palaiohora is one of the busiest seasonal resorts of the prefecture of Chania and it is located on a small peninsula, having the privilege to allocate beaches and in the two sides. The sandy beaches extend for hundreds metres and are provided a variety of services and facilities, as well as luxurious hotels and rented rooms. The beaches westwards the town are even better.

10. Beaches of Palaiohora

Beaches of Palaiohora

About 70 km southly-western of the town of Chania
A line from beaches with pebbles or with sand, that begins just outside Palaiohora, the main resort in the southern coast of Chania. You will find comforts and a variety of services in all the beaches, but sure the peacefulness, the crystal waters and the picturesque landscape will compensate for the any lack of comforts.

11. Beaches around Hora Sfakion

Hora Sfakion

About 60 km southernly the town of Chania
Two splendid beaches that abstain about 3 km of westwards Hora Sfakion. The cute and picturesque fishing village of Sfakia in combination with the wild nature around it, make the region a special destination one should not miss.

12. Beach of the town of Chania

Chania

The beach of the town of Chania, contrary to the beaches of other Cretan towns, is not so much appreciable, even if the waters are clear. It is found westwards the Venetian harbour and abstains a few only metres from the old town. It is organised, it allocates deck chairs and umbrellas and constitutes a pleasant and cool break mainly for the local, after the work of a day.

13. Kasteli Kissamos

Kasteli Kissamos

About 60 km from the town of Chania
In the astonishing gulf of Kissamos, this region is characterized as a unique natural beauty, as it is delimitated by the two peninsulas of western Crete. Kasteli is not a tourist resort, but is a peaceful coastal town and the beach with the pebbles in combination with the coastal taverns constitutes pleasant bypass if you head to the western coast of the island.

14. Kolympari

Kolympari

About 45 km westwards of the town of Chania
Splendid, clean beach with pebbles and deep blue waters, in the tourist resort of Kolympari, that is the last point in the line from the resorts and the beaches that are extended westwards the town of Chania.

15. Sfinari

Sfinari

About 70 km westwards the town of Chania
In the enchanting and fascinating western coast of the prefecture of Chania, Sfinari is a coastal village. There one can find rented rooms, a few taverns, and beautiful bays with pebbles. Most visitors that visit Sfinari come for the peacefulness and the natural beauty.

16. Sougia

Sougia

In the southern coast of Chania, between Palaiohora and Agia Roumeli
A pleasant and beautiful coastal village, Sougia is in the end of an unforgettable way through the southern ending of White Mount, or at straight line from the city of Chania or via Hora Sfakion. It allocates a few, small hotels and fish taverns that in combination with the sandy beaches make Sougia one of the most splendid destinations in the southern coast of Crete worth visiting. The astonishing way to Sougia, through the mountains, is one of the most important reasons for one to visit.

17. Tavronitis

Tavronitis

About 25 km westwards of the town of
One more beach that is extended westwards Chania, the beach of Tayronitis is found in the estuary of a small river and it is relatively isolated and quiet, without a lot of services provided.

18. Stalos

Stalos

About 5 km westwards of the town of Chania
The first coastal resort that one meets westwards the town of Chania, Stalos is a typical tourist resort, with bars, hotels, renting cars services and currency exchange offices. The beach is sandy, clean and it extends for many kilometres.

19. Gramvousa

Gramvousa

At Kissamos bay, west of Chania, there is a group of small islands and peninsulas of exceptional attraction. The most beautiful spots are the isle of Gramvousa and Balos beach at Tigani peninsula.

Gramvousa island with its natural and magnificent scenery and its green-blue water, attracts visitors, not only for its natural landscape, but also for its long history. The castle which is laid at the summit of the island’s mountain, captures the attention of all visitors.

20. Μπάλος

Μπάλος

Όσον αφορά το Μπάλο, το κύριο χαρακτηριστικό του είναι η γνωστή μα απίστευτα όμορφη παραλία του, πλατιά, με πολύ ψιλή άμμο λευκή και κόκκινη, όπου σε ένα σημείο σχηματίζει μια μικρή λιμνοθάλασσα.

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