THE ISLAND, ONE SHORE AT A TIME
Find your kind
of blue.
Lagoons, palm-lined bays, and wide-open shores. Discover the beaches of Crete, then find your way there.
Explore the island
7 beach locationsEach pin opens a beach page. Locations are also listed below.
Chania
Elafonissi ↗
A sweep of pale sand and shallow turquoise water on Crete’s southwestern coast.
Chania
Balos ↗
A lagoon landscape at the northwestern edge of Crete.
Chania
Falassarna ↗
An open sandy shoreline facing the western Mediterranean sunset.
Rethymno
Preveli ↗
A river meets the southern sea beside a palm-lined valley.
Lasithi
Vai ↗
An eastern Cretan beach beside a distinctive palm grove.
Heraklion
Matala ↗
A southern bay framed by the familiar caves in its sandstone cliffs.
Heraklion
Amoudara ↗
A long stretch of northern coastline just west of Heraklion.
Beach coverage follows the available directory data; it is not a guarantee that every beach has been mapped. Photos are shown only when verified for that beach.